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Anja Babić, Nadir Kapetanović, Igor Kvasić The joint IEEE-OES and MTS OCEANS 2019 Conference & Exhibition held from the 17th to 20th of June in…
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…
VPPA Report – HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?
Jim Collins, OES VP for Professional Activities The IEEE and its thirty-nine technical societies offer a comprehensive variety of technical and professional resources to members. …
VPTA Report – Funding for Technical Activities
Malcolm Heron, OES Vice President for Technical Activities At each OCEANS event (twice a year) we hold a meeting for Technology Committee chairs, and another…
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From the President
Christian de Moustier, OES President 2019 has been a busy year for the Oceanic Engineering Society (OES), culminating with the Society’s 5-year review by the…
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From the OES BEACON Editors
Harumi Sugimatsu and Robert Wernli Welcome to the December 2019 issue of the Beacon. The latest changes to all our committees and volunteers can be…
September 2019, Volume 8, Number 3
Download September 2019 PDF | Access OES Beacon PDF Archive Table of Contents OCEANS 2019 Seattle OES Officers Member Benefits—Did You Know? From the OES…
OES OFFICERS (September 2019)
The OES BEACON is published four times a year as a benefit to the membership of the IEEE Ocean Engineering Society. The OES Beacon is…
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Earthzine reboots activities
Hari Vishnu, Earthzine Editor-in Chief Earthzine is the science outreach e-magazine of the Oceanic Engineering Society, providing up-to-date information on Earth observation science and…
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Awards for OES members
Contact the editors with your submissions. Team KUROSHIO place 2nd in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE Reported by the OES Japan Chapter members of the…
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YPs at OCEANS 2019 Marseille
Frederic Maussang, OES Young Professionals Rep. Our new YP-BOOSTs — Hari, Jeff, Roberto, and Stephanie — were particularly active at OCEANS 2019 Marseille. They were…
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Underwater Robot Convention in JAMSTEC 2019
Takumi Matsuda, The University of Tokyo, IEEE OES Japan Chapter Introduction Underwater Robot Convention 2019 was held in JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and…
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Member Highlights (September 2019)
Contact the editors if you have items of interest for the society Title: Visiting U-Tokyo story Author: Hsin-Hung Chen and Yu-Cheng Chou Professors, Institute…
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Who’s who in the OES (September 2019)
Ken Takagi, RECON Committee, Associate Editor of JOE I’m writing this article during a short summer vacation in my hometown of Osaka. I was…
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A Blast from the Past! . . . In Honor of JP
Bob Wernli – Beacon Co-Editor-in-Chief, photos by Stan Chamberlain Jean-Pierre Hermand has been remembered in the December 2018 issue and in a special memorial session…
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OCEANS 2019 Marseille
Philippe Courmontagne, General Chair After fourteen years, the international biennial OCEANS conference came back to France. Indeed, for this 64th installment, this co-sponsored conference, by…
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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…
Welcome New and Reinstated Members (September 2019)
Australia Irina R Rabeja Biba Tominc Canada Ali Jebelli China Yong Chen Yu Hao Jiasheng Li Mingwei Lin Guoyuan Tang Defa Wu Croatia Kristijan Krcmar…
OceanObs’19 Conference, An Ocean of Opportunity
Jay Pearlman, Christopher Whitt and Mal Heron OceanObs is a conference held every 10 years to celebrate the successes of the past decade and to…
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The European Robotics League (ERL) Emergency 2019
Gabriele Ferri1 and Fausto Ferreira2 1 ERL Emergency 2019 Director 2 OES AdCom 2018-2020 NATO-STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) has been organizing…
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Technology Committee Reports (September 2019)
Submit TC reports to VPTA and Technology committee coordinator with cc to Beacon Co-Editors The BEACON newsletter introduces the hot topics of the Technology Committee…
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The OES Festival of Distinguished Lectures
Philippe Courmontagne, French Chapter Chair Just following the OCEANS conference in Marseille, the first edition of the OES Festival of Distinguished Lectures has taken place…
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From your Chapter Coordinator (September 2019)
Gerardo Acosta, OES Chapter Coordinator Still with the joy of sharing four wonderful days at the OCEANS Conference in Marseille, France, exchanging top level knowledge…
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Jean-Pierre Hermand MEMORIAL Session – OCEANS 2019 Marseille, France
James Candy, OES AdCom member The special session entitled the “Jean-Pierre Hermand Memorial” was held at OCEANS 2019 Marseille and was co-chaired by his…
Beacon Archives Now On Line
OES has totally updated the society website (ieeeoes.org) to make it more useful for our members. The latest additions, under the “Publications” tab, are an…