omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Transaction Processing Performance Council. The Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), founded in 1988, is a non-profit organization founded to define benchmarks for transaction processing and databases, and to publish objective, verifiable TPC performance data to the industry. TPC benchmarks are used in evaluating the performance of computer systems, and TPC publishes the results.

Conference Series
In 2009 the TPC initiated an International Technology Conference Series on Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking (TPCTC), a forum for industry experts and researchers to discuss and develop techniques for evaluation, measurement and characterization of modern application systems. The conference series was founded in 2009 by Raghunath Nambiar of Cisco and Meikel Poess in 2009.
TPCTC 2009, in conjunction with VLDB 2009 on August 24, 2009 in Lyon, France.
TPCTC 2010, in conjunction with VLDB 2010 on September 17, 2010 in Singapore.
TPCTC 2011, in conjunction with VLDB 2011 on August 29, 2011 in Seattle, Washington.
TPCTC 2012, in conjunction with VLDB 2012 on August 27, 2012 in Istanbul,Turkey.
TPCTC 2013, in conjunction with VLDB 2013 on August 26, 2013 in Trento, Italy.
TPCTC 2014, in conjunction with VLDB 2014 on September 5, 2014 in Hangzhou, China.
TPCTC 2015, in conjunction with VLDB 2015 on August 31, 2015 in Kohala Coast, Hawaii.
TPCTC 2016, in conjunction with VLDB 2016 on September 5, 2016 in New Delhi, India.

Standards
TPC-C – On-line transaction processing (since 1992)
TPC-H – Ad-hoc decision support system (since 1999)
TPC-E – Complex on-line transaction processing (since 2006)
TPC-DS – Complex decisions support system (since 2011)
TPC-DI – Data integration (since 2013)
TPCx-HS – Industry's first standard for benchmarking Big Data (Hadoop) systems (since 2014)

Obsolete benchmarks
TPC-A – Measures performance in update-intensive database environments typical in on-line transaction processing applications. (Obsolete as of June 6, 1995)
TPC-App – An application server and web services benchmark.
TPC-B – Measures throughput in terms of how many transactions per second a system can perform. (Obsolete as of June 6, 1995)
TPC-D – Represents a broad range of decision support applications that require complex, long running queries against large complex data structures. (Obsolete as of April 6, 1999)
TPC-R – A business reporting, decision support benchmark. (Obsolete as of January 1, 2005)
TPC-W – A transactional web e-Commerce benchmark. (Obsolete as of April 28, 2005)

References

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Lewis B. Stillwell. Lewis Buckley Stillwell (March 12, 1863 – January 19, 1941) was an American electrical engineer and the president of American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) from 1909 to 1910. He received the AIEE Lamme Medal (1933) and the AIEE Edison Medal (1935), for "his distinguished engineering achievements and his pioneer work in the generation, distribution, and utilization of electric energy." He also was inducted into the IEEE's Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame. His papers (1886-1939) are held in the Manuscript Division of the Princeton University Library. In 1898, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. He was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1921.

Stillwell matriculated at Wesleyan University in 1882; two years later he entered Lehigh University and graduated in 1885 with a degree in electrical engineering. Lehigh bestowed the M.S. degree upon him in 1907; Wesleyan, the Sc.D. in the same year. "He is credited with a number of inventions including the Stillwell regulator and a time-limit circuit breaker." "Few of the pioneer electrical engineers of the United States contributed as much to the advancement of electrical engineering, and the position of the engineer in public esteem, as did Lewis Buckley Stillwell."

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Dugald C. Jackson. Dugald Caleb Jackson (February 13, 1865 – July 1, 1951) was an American electrical engineer. He received the IEEE Edison Medal for "outstanding and inspiring leadership in engineering education and in the field of generation and distribution of electric power".

Early life 
Dugald was born into a quaker family in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. His parents were Josiah and Mary Price Jackson. His younger brother, John Price Jackson, co-wrote some books with him and also had a career as an electrical engineer, academic, civil servant and soldier. He attended The Hill School in Pottstown before studying civil engineering at Pennsylvania State College from which he graduated in 1885.

Early career 
After two years teaching electrical engineering at Cornell University he moved to the University of Wisconsin in 1891 as the first professor of  Electrical Engineering, heading the Department of Electrical Engineering. He specialized in alternating currents and associated machinery alongside technical issues involved in running central stations as independent power stations were known at the time.

At MIT 
Jackson headed the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1907 to 1935. He was proponent of student and faculty involvement with industry. Jackson established research as a part of engineering education at MIT and coordinated it with practical experience in industrial settings (for example, with the General Electric Company), and his model spread widely.

On April 3, 1911, Jackson participated in a conference at the Hotel Thorndike, in Boston encouraging closer co-operation between electric vehicle manufacturers and central station managers in the Boston area. The conference was organized by the Boston Edison Company and Jackson promised the support of the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in providing scientific research to support the development of the electric vehicle industry.

During his time at MIT, Jackson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1911 and the American Philosophical Society in 1931.

Works 
 1893 Text Book on Electromagnetism and the Construction of Dynamos
 1895 Electricity and Magnetism
 1896 Alternating Currents and Alternating Current Machinery (with John Price Jackson) New York: Macmillan Co.
 1902 An Elementary Book on Electricity and Magnetism (with John Price Jackson) New York: Macmillan Co.

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Philip Torchio. Philip Torchio (August 2, 1868, in Vercana, Como, Italy – January 14, 1942, in Bronxville, New York, U.S.) was an Italian electrical engineer known for his work at the Edison Electric Company and his many inventions in the transmission and distribution of electric energy. He received the IEEE Edison Medal for "distinguished contributions to the art of central station engineering and for achievement in the production, distribution and utilization of electrical energy".

Torchio was the mayor of Bronxville, New York from 1929 to 1931. In 1938, having reached the 70-year age limit, he retired as Vice President of Consolidated Edison.

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John B. Whitehead. John Boswell Whitehead (August 18, 1872 in Norfolk, Virginia – November 16, 1954 in Baltimore, Maryland) was an American electrical engineer and a professor at Johns Hopkins University as well as the dean of the School of Engineering. Whitehead was president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers from 1933 to 1934. In 1941, Whitehead received the IEEE Edison Medal for "contributions to the field of electrical engineering, his pioneering and development in the field of dielectric research, and his achievements in the advancement of engineering education".

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Philip Sporn. Philip Sporn (November 25, 1896 in Folotwin, Austria – January 23, 1978 in New York City) was an Austrian electrical engineer known for his work as the president and chief executive officer of the American Gas and Electric Company. He received the IEEE Edison Medal for "contributions to the art of economical and dependable power generation and transmission".

Education 
Sporn received his E.E. degree from Columbia University in 1917.

Career 
He worked for Consumers Power Company in Michigan before joining American Electric Power, rising through the ranks to become Chief Electric Engineer, and then President in 1947. He retired in 1961, but remained a director until 1968. 1962 he became member of the National Academy of Sciences.

During his tenure are Chief Engineer, then President, the company achieved a number of innovations, including large-sized generating units, supercritical-pressure boilers, natural-draft cooling towers, tall stacks, and extra-high-voltage transmission and lightning protection.

He was named by Harvard Business School as one of the "Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century."

Death 
Sporn died of an unexpected heart attack on January 23, 1978.

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Joseph Slepian. Joseph Slepian 
(February 11, 1891 – December 19, 1969)
was an American electrical engineer known for his contributions to the developments of electrical apparatus and theory.

Born in Boston, MA of Jewish Russian immigrants, he studied mathematics at Harvard University, from which he was awarded  a B.Sc. (1911), a M.Sc. (1912) and Ph.D. on the thesis On the Functions of a Complex Variable Defined by an Ordinary Differential Equation of the First Order and First Degree advised by George Birkhoff (1913).  Meanwhile, he also worked at Boston Elevated Railway.

After his Ph.D., he became  Sheldon fellow at University of Göttingen in Germany, was at University of Sorbonne in Paris, before becoming instructor of mathematics at Cornell University (1915).
He joined Westinghouse Electric in East Pittsburgh (1916)  in the railway motor department initially, moving to
the research department (1917) at Forest Hills (PA) where he became head (1922), consulting engineer (1926) and associate director
(1938–1956) and developed over two hundred patents.  Slepian did significant groundwork for the betatron (1927).
He received the IEEE Edison Medal (1947) for his work on
the autovalve lightning arrester, deion circuit breaker, and ignitron.

He wrote over 120 articles and essays, and published the book Conductivity of electricity in gases (1933).
His career was somewhat shortened by a stroke (1951).
He was the father of the mathematician David Slepian.

Awards 
 Fellow of AIEE 1927
 John Scott Medal  1932
 AIEE Lamme Medal  1942
 Westinghouse Order of Merit  1935
 French Officer de Academie 1939
 National Academy of Sciences elected member 1941
 Fellow of  the Institute of Radio Engineers  1945
 IEEE Edison Medal  1947
 Honorary doctor of engineering  Case Institute of Technology 1949
 Honorary doctor of science by the University of Leeds 1955

References

External links 
 A Biographical Memoir: Joseph Slepian 1891–1969.

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Morris E. Leeds. Morris E. Leeds (March 6, 1869 in Philadelphia – February 8, 1952) was an American electrical engineer known for his many inventions in the field of electrical measuring devices and controls.

Biography 
Leeds was born in Philadelphia in 1869 to Barclay Robert and Mary (Maule) Leeds. After attending the Westtown School, he graduated with a B.S. at Haverford College in 1888. During 1892–93, he was a graduate student in physics at the University of Berlin.

After graduation in 1888, Leeds started working in industry. By 1899, he had cofounded his own firm to manufacture electrical instruments, Morris E. Leed's & Co., where he became managing partner. In 1903, he founded a second company called Leeds & Northrup with Edwin Fitch Northrup to manufacture electrical instruments and pyrometers. He served as president of Leeds & Northrup until 1939 and chairman of the board of directors until 1952. He was an active Orthodox Quaker all his life.

Leeds was inducted into the Academy of Natural Sciences, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He received the Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1920, the Henry Laurence Gantt Medal in 1936, the ASME Medal in 1946, and the IEEE Edison Medal in 1948.

Patents 

 US Patent No.   965.824 - recorder, 1910.
 US Patent No. 1.057.416 - speed control apparatus, 1913.
 US Patent No. 1.097.651 - measuring apparatus, 1914.
 US Patent No. 1.125.699 - electrical recorder, 1915.
 US Patent No. 1.192.911 - composite resistance, 1916.
 US Patent No. 1.332.182 - automatic control, 1917

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Brooks Act. The Brooks Act, also known as the Selection of Architects and Engineers statute is a United States federal law passed in 1972 that requires that the U.S. Federal Government select engineering and architecture firms based upon their competency, qualifications and experience rather than by price.

Method 

The method described would be to evaluate all possible candidates and narrow them down to the three best choices. Then the selection process would commence negotiations with the firm deemed most qualified. If the State and firm are unable to agree on a fair and equitable price for their services, the State would then cease talks with that firm and move to the firm deemed second most qualified. If the State would be unable to agree with that firm, they would move to the third in a similar fashion. If the State is unable to agree on a price with that firm, they would be required to open up their selection criteria to more firms.

Still potential for selection based on price 

While the intent is for the State to select the firm that is most qualified and should produce the best results as a result of this fact, there remains the potential to still make a selection based upon price. If you cannot reach a "Fair & Reasonable Price" vs. your estimate, you move on to the next best technical proposal.

See also 
 Qualifications-Based Selection

External links 
 The Brooks Act: How to use Qualifications Based Selection , American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) website.

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Karl B. McEachron. Karl B. McEachron (November 17, 1889 in Hoosick Falls, New York – January 24, 1954 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) was an American electrical engineer known for his contributions to high-voltage engineering. He received the 1949 AIEE Edison Medal (now IEEE Edison Medal) for "the advancement of electrical science in the field of lightning and other high voltage phenomena and for the application of this knowledge to the design and protection of electric apparatus systems". McEachron received also the 1935 Edward Longstreth Medal of the Franklin Institute.

McEachron received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Ohio Northern University in 1913 and M.S. from Purdue University in 1920.

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Otto B. Blackwell. Otto Bernard Blackwell (August 21, 1884 – November 21, 1970) was an American electrical engineer known for his pioneer contributions to the art of telephone transmission. He received the IEEE Edison Medal in 1950.
Mr. Blackwell held about two dozen patents in the telephone field.

He received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1906,
and joined the engineering department of American Telephone and Telegraph. He worked in the Engineering Dept of ATT from 1906 to 1914, was a Transmission and Protection Engineer 1914-1919 a Transmission and Development Engineer 1919-1934.

Edwin H. Colpitts and Otto B. Blackwell published an important paper on carrier multiplex telephony and telegraphy in the Transactions of the AIEE in 1921. They summarized work on bandpass filters and vacuum-tube electronics, which had enabled a four-channel commercial system to be placed in operation between Baltimore, MD, and Pittsburgh, PA, in 1918.

He became vice president of Bell Laboratories, 
and at retirement in 1949 he was an assistant vice president at American Telephone and Telegraph the parent company.

Otto B. Blackwell son of Edwin A Blackwell and Abbie (Walker) Blackwell was born in Bourne, Massachusetts; married Elsie Eldredge July 2, 1917 in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had a son Edwin Alston Blackwell and a daughter, Mrs. Anna Louise Wood of Plandome, New York, and three grandchildren.

References

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 NY Times Obituary.
  IEEE Edison Medal recipients.
 Scanning the Past: A History of Electrical Engineering from the Past at IEEE.
   Oral History by Karl Honaman who worked with Otto Blackwell at A.T.& T. and mentions him. 

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Charles F. Wagner. Charles F. Wagner (March 20, 1895 – January 4, 1970) was an American electrical engineer. He was an engineer at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation and received the IEEE Edison Medal for "distinguished contributions in the field of power system engineering".

Wagner received a B.S. from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1917 and did one year of graduate work at the University of Chicago.

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John F. Peters. John Findley Peters (September 11, 1884 – October 31, 1969) was an American electrical engineer known for his invention of the Klydonograph. He began his career at Westinghouse Electric in 1904. He received the IEEE Edison Medal for "contributions to the fundamentals of transformer design, his invention of the Klydonograph, his contributions to Military Computers and for his sympathetic understanding in the training of young engineers". He was also awarded the Franklin Institute's Edward Longstreth Medal in 1929.

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Oliver Ellsworth Buckley. Oliver Ellsworth Buckley (August 8, 1887 – December 14, 1959) was an American electrical engineer known for his contributions to the field of submarine telephony.

Biography
Buckley was an undergraduate at Grinnell College until 1909. He joined the Bell System after completing his PhD in physics at Cornell University in 1914. In 1915, Buckley, along with AT&T coworkers H. D. Arnold and Gustav Elmen, developed a method of substantially improving the transmission performance of submarine communications cable so that transmission speed of over 2000 letters per minute were achieved. They constructed the cable by wrapping the copper conductors with annealed permalloy tape, a material that Elmen had discovered, thus inductively loading the cable.

Buckley was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1937, the American Philosophical Society in 1942, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1949.

Buckley was the president of Bell Labs from 1940 to 1951, and chairman of the board from 1951 until his retirement in 1952.  

Buckley was a member of the General Advisory Committee of the United States Atomic Energy Commission from 1948 to 1954. In that role, Buckley opposed the 1950 decision to proceed with the development of the hydrogen bomb, but by 1952 had changed his view and supported the program. 

Buckley received the IEEE Edison Medal for "contributions to the science and art which have made possible a transatlantic telephone cable; for wise leadership of a great industrial laboratory; for outstanding services to the government of his country". The Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize is named in his honor.

References

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 IEEE Buckley biography
 Biographical Memoirs from The National Academy of Sciences by Mervin J. Kelly

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Leonid A. Umansky. Leonid Alexandrovich Umansky (July 23, 1890 – April 3, 1957) was an American electrical engineer of Russian origin and a recipient of the IEEE Edison Medal for "outstanding contribution to the electrification of industry through the application of electrical machines, devices, and systems to automatic process machinery; and for his inspiration, leadership, and teaching of men in this work".

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John K. Hodnette. John Koga Hodnette (March 23, 1902 – June 13, 1966) was an American electrical engineer at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. He received the IEEE Edison Medal for "significant contributions to the electrical industry through creative design and development of transformer apparatus which marked new advances in protection, performance and service. For his vision, judgement and management skill which fostered and achieved the practical application of his ideas with resulting advancements in the electrical industry".

Hodnette along with his sister, Mary, was killed in a car crash in 1966.

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James F. Fairman. James Ferdinand Fairman (April 8, 1896 – April 25, 1967) was an American electrical engineer who received the IEEE Edison Medal in 1959 for "outstanding performance in improving the design of large electric power systems; for far-sighted leadership in atomic power development; and for unremitting efforts to improve the engineering profession".

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