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The role of consulting engineers is pivotal in the long-established field of civil engineering, which term denotes a person who represents the client’s interests with the architects, builders and other suppliers engaged on a construction project.

These expert people generally monitor or overview the working patterns of the construction team. They also ensure the software under development most closely meets the needs of the customer. Consulting software engineers generally get paid by the customer, thus encouraging them to represent the customers’ interests.

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Engineering-related degrees are the top earning college degrees, according to a survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The data was collected by surveying 200 college career centers across the country.

Engineers hold some of the most important jobs in helping the society we live in. “They are in the background designing and building everything from our cell phones, to the buildings we live and work in, to the medical equipment used to improve our lives,” said UNT assistant professor Dr. Althea Arnold.

The top 15 highest earning college degrees:

Petroleum Engineering – $ 83,121 Chemical Engineering – $64,902 Mining Engineering – $64,404 Computer Engineering – $61,738 Computer Science – $61,407 Electrical Engineering – $60,125 Mechanical Engineering – $58,766 Industrial Engineering – $58,358 Systems Engineering – $57,438 Engineering Technology – $56,447 Actuarial Science – $ 56,320 Aeronautical Engineering – $56,311 Agricultural Engineering – $54,352 Biomedical Engineering – $54,158 Construction Management – $53,199

On the list of 15, engineering-related diplomas took every spot except for one, which belonged to actuarial science majors. Actuarial science is the practice of applying mathematical methods to assess risk in financial industries.

“A degree in engineering is certainly an excellent training for innovation and discovery, which contribute significantly to the welfare of mankind,” said Dr. Nourredine Boubekri, Chairman of the Engineering Technology Department at UNT.

The number one degree, petroleum engineering, has an average starting salary of $83, 121. According to CNN, the high salary is an outcome of petroleum’s growing scarcity.

Fewer students are graduating with math-based majors and more are graduating with liberal-arts majors, according to CNN. Out of the 1,524,000 bachelor’s degrees awarded in 2007 only 450 were in petroleum engineering and 4,492 in chemical engineering, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The low number in math-based majors could be a reason why graduates in the field are paid more than others. There are a larger amount of graduates in other fields, making finding employees not very hard.

“I chose to go with liberal arts because I’m not very strong in math, I could never do what engineers do with numbers and calculations,” said UNT junior Kathleen Brown.

Not every student graduating in engineering enters the job market with a huge salary. Engineering has also been hit by the economic and job crises as well, but still students prove to do better with a math/technology based degree in the tough job market.

“I’ve always wanted to study engineering because of my love for math but especially because I love to take things apart and discover what’s going on and how to improve it.” said Mark Logan who hopes to attend UNT in the spring.

The College of Engineering at UNT is made of 3 departments: the departments of computer science and engineering, engineering technology, and materials science and engineering. These departments offer student research and study, giving students the chance of working towards bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees.

“Engineers are the unsung heroes in our advanced technological society,” said Arnold. “Without engineers, no part of our modern society would exist today.”

The diesel engine has a long history that is intertwined closely with economic and other issues of the time. The diesel engine was created by Rudolph Diesel. He conceptualized the diesel engine and thought up the principle of its operation. He thought up the concept of the engine that compresses air to the degree where there is a resulting rise in temperature.

The concept followed the principle where when the air enters the chamber with the piston the air ignited due to the high temperatures. This causes the piston to move down and eliminates the need for an ignition source. When Diesel designed his engine it was in a time when there was a demand for a more fuel efficient engine as the steam engine was no where close to efficient.

It was on February 27th, 1892 that Diesel filed a patent in the patent office in Germany for his method and design for the combustion engine. He sourced contracts from companies that manufactured machines and began his experimentation stage. During this stage he constructed working models of his design in an attempt to construct the most efficient engine of that time.

It was in the year 1893 that he was successful in putting out the first model that was able to run with its own power and with an efficiency of approximately 26%. This was more than double the efficiency of the steam engines of that time and was a great stride for the efficient engine and a great start to the engines of today.

It was in February of 1897 that he accomplished a great achievement and produced a diesel engine that ran at 75% efficiency. This was the first one of its kind that was deemed suitable for practical use and was demonstrated at the Exhibition fair in France in the year 1898. This engine in particular was run on peanut oil and in Diesel’s vision was great for the small business owners as well as farmers as it used an economical fuel source that was a biomass fuel. It was his use of a biomass fuel that continued until the 1920′s and is starting again today.

In the past the diesel engine was not considered to be small enough for anything but use that was stationary in nature as they were very heavy and cumbersome. Common uses were on ships and industrial uses. Rudolph Diesel disappeared in 1913 and it was not certain whether he died a natural or unnatural death. Many thought his death was related to the politics of the time and the vast knowledge he possessed and was willing to share with enemies of the German government of the time.

In the 1920′s the engine was redesigned into a smaller and more compact version. This allowed it to be used for a wider range of applications and even in the automobile industry. The development of the diesel engine continued and it was made better and better by other inventors such as Clessie L. Cummins who worked out many of the bugs of the diesel engine such as those concerning size and weight as well as the instability of the fuel system.