Yes, I perhaps should have clarified that the emphasis is less overt in the one than in the other. The focus in the science disciplines is on the process itself (with considerable reflection/feedback related to that process), whereas in engineering it is on the solution to _____ problem, and the feedback tends to be more binary. If that makes sense, and notwithstanding the cliches regarding engineers who can't see the forest for the stand of trees they happen to be navigating... which mostly seems to be exemplary of BAD engineers, from what I can tell. Just as kcab notes, good engineering requires a big picture (forest) too.
I think that is why engineers can lose sight of the fact that the same logical framwork scaffolds both things, though. Focus on outcomes rather than process allows the process to disappear.
