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…
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The first UNIFI–UNIPI IEEE OES Joint Student Branch Chapter workshop
Alessandro Bucci, Matteo Bresciani The UNIFI–UNIPI IEEE OES Joint Student Branch Chapter is born in the first months of 2020 with the aim of increasing…
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Welcome to OCEANS 2021: San Diego – Porto
San Diego Co-Chairs: Alan Kenny, Robert Wernli Porto Co-Chairs: António Pascoal, Eduardo Silva, João Borges de Sousa We’re going Hybrid! Rooted in the success of…
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Chapter News March 2021
Submit Chapter news to Beacon Co-Editors and OES Chapter Coordinator Hong Kong Chapter Hong Kong IEEE CE/OES Joint Chapter holds the YE20 Conference for students…
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Who’s who in the IEEE OES (March 2021)
Hari Vishnu, Editor-in-Chief of Earthzine Some of you know me as the Editor-in-Chief of Earthzine (earthzine.org), or as one of the YP-BOOST awardees for 2019-2020,…
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After a Tough Year, We’re Ready for More Connection
Brandy Armstrong, VP of Professional Activities, vp-professional-activities@ieeeoes.org Certainly 2020 was a tough year for all of us, including IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society volunteers. Does my…
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A new OES Liaison for the Young Professionals BOOST Program
Roberto Petroccia, IEEE Senior Member, OES Liaison for the Young Professionals BOOST Program When I was asked to write a story about myself, my first…
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Underwater Robot Convention in JAMSTEC 2020 – All hands on deck! Online!!
Yuki Sekimori (The University of Tokyo) and Toshihiro Maki (Beacon Associate Editor, The University of Tokyo) 1. Introduction The Underwater Robot Convention in JAMSTEC 2020…
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IEEE OES UNIZG SBC Activities
Nadir Kapetanović, Igor Kvasić, Kristijan Krčmar, Anja Babić After the success of student-organized lectures and hands-on tutorials during the International Interdisciplinary Field Workshop of Maritime…
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First 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…
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From the OES BEACON Editors (March 2021)
Harumi Sugimatsu and Robert Wernli Welcome to the March 2021 issue of the Beacon. Hopefully you are enjoying this issue in a comfortable chair with…
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…
Request for OES AdCom Nominations
Nominees for the Term 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024 Jerry Carroll, Chair of IEEE/OES Nominations and Appointments Committees The IEEE OCEANIC ENGINEERING SOCIETY…
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From the President (March 2021)
Christopher Whitt, OES President I hope you are doing well during these interesting times. We are entering an exciting period of challenges and opportunities. January…
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From the Vice President for Workshops & Symposia – a transition year
Fausto Ferreira, Vice President for W&S In December 2020, I was elected VP for W&S to complete the mandate of Philippe Courmontagne until the end…
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IEEE OES SBC NAOME Poster Competition
Roberto Ravenna (IEEE OES SBC Vice president), Marvin Wright (IEEE OES SBC Webmaster), Olena Karpenko (IEEE OES SBC Chair), Andrea Coraddu (IEEE OES SBC Advisor)…
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Member Highlights Contact the editors if you have items of interest for the society
Mercenaria mercenaria (not mercenaries) Diane DiMassa, Ph.D. So there I was, rake in hand, basket by my side, and then it happened. I didn’t see…
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Application of Machine Learning on Ocean Science
Gopu R Potty, Chair, Technology Committee on Data Analytics, Integration and Modeling The focus of the Technology Committee on Data Analytics, Integration and Modeling…
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The Vikings are rising again!
The establishment of a new Norway OES Chapter John R. Potter, Interim Chair, Norway OES Chapter The Vikings have a long and venerable history of…
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From your Chapter Coordinator (March 2021)
Gerardo “Gerry” Acosta, OES Chapter Coordinator 2020 has gone, with plenty of new experiences for everybody. Different situations in our lives, and our works, yielded…
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A Blast from the Past! . . . San Diego, Here We Come!
Bob Wernli – Beacon Co-Editor-in-Chief, photos by Stan Chamberlain OCEANS 2013 was held in the lovely city of San Diego. Now, 8 years later, Global…
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OCEANS Conferences 2021 – Where are we now?
John Watson, OES Vice-President for OCEANS Your VP OCEANS staying at home Well, here we are into February 2021 and we are still very much…
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From the Journal Editor’s desk: IEEE Journal of Engineering Early Access Papers (March 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…
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Dana Yoerger -Elevation to IEEE Fellow in 2020
Jay Pearlman, OES AdCom member We would like to congratulate Dana Yoerger on his elevation to IEEE Fellow in 2020. This elevation recognizes his exemplary…