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Who’s Who in the OES – João Alves
João Alves, IEEE Senior Member, OES AdCom Member When I was recently preparing a presentation on the topic of maritime unmanned systems, I came to…

Chapter News (March 2019)
Submit Chapter News to Beacon Co-Editors and OES Chapter Coordinator IEEE Oceanic Engineering Chapter of the Canadian Atlantic Section (OES—CAS) by: Dr. Ferial El-Hawary, IEEE…

Breaking the Surface—International Interdisciplinary Field-Training for Experts, End-Users and Students
Zoran Vukić, Nikola Mišković, Antonio Vasilijević, Ivana Mikolić. BtS point of contact: bts@fer.hr BtS (https://bts.fer.hr) was approved as an OES Initiative Activity on March 2019.…

2018 IEEE 8th International Conference on Underwater System Technology: Theory and Application (IEEE USYS’18)
Khalid Isa and Mohd Rizal Arshad The 2018 IEEE 8th International Conference on Underwater System Technology: Theory and Application (IEEE USYS’18) was held in Wuhan,…

2018 IEEE OES AUV Symposium, Porto, Portugal, November 6–9, 2018
João Tasso de Figueiredo Borges de Sousa, LSTS—University of Porto, Chair The IEEE OES AUV Symposium is organized every other year to bring together those…

First Flight High School Students Present Papers at OCEANS (Again!)
Meghan Savona, University of North Carolina Wilmington, and Todd Morrison, Woods Hole Group Since the founding of the Phytoplankton Club at First Flight High School…

Member Highlights (March 2019)
Katsunori Mizuno, Beacon Associate Editor As part of the University of Tokyo’s Young Researchers Overseas Program, I am staying in Marseille, France, where the next…

OES Mid-Career Rising Star and Lifetime Achievement 2018 Awards
Hanumant Singh, OES Member The OES Autonomous Marine Vehicle Awards ceremony was held during the AUV 2018 Symposium in Porto, Portugal on 8 November 2018.…

YP-BOOST Program Update (March 2019)
Dear OES Young Professional Members Frederic Maussang, OES Young Professionals Rep. At the beginning of this year, two candidates were chosen for the second year…

From the IEEE OES Webmaster (March 2019)
Steve Holt, IEEE OES Webmaster We are now entering the year 2019 with a wide range of activities underway with our OES website. One annual…

Expanding Mentorship Opportunities
Brandy Armstrong, Student Activities Committee Chair Mentorship is now widely considered the key element leading to increased participation and retention of women and minorities in…

Two (More) Days on the Outer Banks with the FFHS Phyto-Finders
Todd Morrison, Woods Hole Group I am freshly returned from two days on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two windy February days spent with…

Scope of the OES Professional Activities Area
Jim Collins, Vice President of Professional Activities In recent years there has been a major shift in the focus of OES Professional Activities facilitated by…

Awards for OES members
Contact the Editors With Your Submissions Ferial El-Hawary is the recipient of 2017 “The Murugan Memorial Award” and 2018 “Life Member Appreciation Citation Award” by…

From the Journal Editor’s Desk: IEEE Journal of Engineering Early Access Papers
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 New OES Vice-President for OCEANS
John Watson, New Vice President for OCEANS Hello to you all. I’d like to introduce myself to you as the Oceanic Engineering Society’s newly appointed…

From the Vice President for Workshops and Symposia
Philippe Courmontagne, Vice President for W&S By the way of loans to support the startup of a conference/workshop/symposium, or grants to support student participation or…

VPTA Report—Distinguished Lecturer Program
Malcolm Heron, OES Vice President for Technical Activities We welcomed three newly appointed Distinguished Lecturers to the DL Roster on 1 January. DLs are appointed…

From the OES BEACON Editors (March 2019)
Harumi Sugimatsu and Robert Wernli Welcome to the March 2019 issue of the Beacon as we start a new year that includes many new AdCom…

A Blast From the Past
Bob Wernli—Beacon Co-Editor-in-Chief, Photos by Stan Chamberlain
Member Benefits—Did You know?
Your Action Required This Could be Your Last Paper Copy of the BEACON! As an OES Member, You Must “Opt-In” to Continue Receiving Your Paper…