
Submit Chapter news to Beacon Co-Editors and OES Chapter Coordinator Argentina Chapter OES special session on ARGENCON 2020 Reported by Gerardo Acosta, Argentina Chapter Chair…

Underwater Technology 2021 Online (UT21 Online) – Underwater Video Competition, Tokyo, Japan, 2 March, 2021
Katsunori Mizuno, Technical Program Committee Co-Chair of UT21 Online, Beacon Associate Editor The IEEE OES International Symposium on Underwater Technology 2021 (UT21) was postponed till…

Obituary on Dr. Ferial El-Hawary, IEEE OES AdCom member, IEEE Fellow and Life member
Adapted by your Editors from the Halifax Saltwire.com obituary for Ferial Ferial El-Hawary , age 78, of Halifax, passed away peacefully with family at her…

From the OES BEACON Editors (June 2021)
Harumi Sugimatsu and Robert Wernli Welcome to the June 2021 issue of the Beacon. Are you tired of meeting virtually as your Beacon editors are…

From the President (June 2021)
Christopher Whitt, OES President There is so much happening in your society in 2021! You’ll find this issue of the Beacon full of new activities…

VPTA Column (June 2021)
Venugopalan Pallayil, Vice President for Technical Activities, IEEE OES The COVID-19 vaccination program is progressing in many countries. Nevertheless, the impact of pandemic is continuing…

Reminder: Call for OES Distinguished Lecturers – Jan 2022 to Dec 2025
Nominations close on July 31, 2021 Venugopalan Pallayil, Vice President for Technical Activities, IEEE OES The IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) invites nominations for OES…

After a Tough Year, We’re Ready for More Connection
Brandy Armstrong, VP of Professional Activities, vp-professional-activities@ieeeoes.org 2021 is moving fast, can you believe it’s almost summer? While vaccinations role out and in person meetings…

From the Vice President for Workshops & Symposia (June 2021)
Fausto Ferreira, Vice President for W&S Since the last Beacon, a lot has been happening in my portfolio. While the COVID-19 pandemic still affects our…

From the OES Secretary (June 2021)
Marinna Martini, OES secretary Let me open this piece by saying, we are human, and as humans we need personal contact with each other to…

From the Journal Editor’s desk: IEEE Journal of Engineering Early Access Papers (June 2021)
Mandar Chitre, Journal Editor-in Chief Congratulations to the authors of our most recently approved papers for the IEEE JOE. The following papers were published as…

The first IEEE OES distinguished lecture for This Year on 3 March 2021
Ocean Acoustic Signal Processing—A Bayesian Approach James V. Candy, IEEE OES distinguished lecturer The first IEEE OES distinguished lecture for this year was delivered…

Polar Oceans Technical Committee Report
Andreas Marouchos, Chair Polar Oceans Technical Committee Focus back on Polar research and technology The Polar Oceans Technology Committee (POTC) supports the work addressing challenges…

Drop the Mask!! Global OCEANS 2021 San Diego – Porto is bringing us back together!
Robert Wernli, Global OCEANS 2021 San Diego Co-Chair The Global OCEANS 2021 San Diego – Porto committee invites you to participate in this event—in person…

A Blast from the Past! . . . In Honor of Ferial
Bob Wernli – Beacon Co-Editor-in-Chief and Stan Chamberlain Ferial’s obituary is in this issue, but because of her amazing support of the IEEE and OES,…

Who’s who in the IEEE OES (June 2021)
Diane DiMassa Who’s Who? I have no idea. So I did what everyone does, I “googled” it. The Miriam dictionary website tells me – a…

Strathclyde SBC Talks at NAOME – Amazon Web Services
Jake Walker & Iliya Valchev The IEEE OES Strathclyde SBC (Student Branch Chapter) was delighted to invite Michele Sancricca – Head of WW Technology…

IEEE OES UNIZG SBC Activities
Nadir Kapetanović, Igor Kvasić, Anja Babić, Ivan Lončar Despite the challenging time that we’re faced with, IEEE OES University of Zagreb Student Branch Chapter (UNIZG…

Report on Indian Ocean Blue Economy Summit
– Webinar on Blue Economy in the Indian Ocean region towards United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainability (2021-2030)- held on May 6, 2021…
Election of Members to the Administrative Committee For a Three-Year Term 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024
Jerry Carroll, Chair of IEEE/OES Nominations and Appointments Committees The OES Administrative Committee election closes on 29 June 2021. When you review the below candidates,…
OES Conference Calendar (2021-2022)
Stephanie Kemna, OES Calendar Coordinator OCEANS Global OCEANS 2021 San Diego – Porto In-Person & Virtual, September 20-23, 2021 Town & Country Resort, San Diego,…
Reminder: Request for Nominations for OES Awards 2021
Jerry Carroll, Chair of IEEE/OES Nominations and Appointments Committees Each year at the beginning of January, the Oceanic Engineering Society is proposing a call for…