Brian Horsburgh, OES RECON Committee Co-Chair Recon committee meeting in Marseille Welcome to my first report as RECON Co-Chair for OES. Its been a…
AdCom Election Results (2019)
The election results are in for the 2020-2022 Administrative Committee members. This year we had a great list of 12 candidates from around the world…
Member Benefits—Did You Know?
Group Insurance Plans IEEE’s member group insurance plans offer exceptional benefits, value and service. Active IEEE members in specified geographic areas may participate in insurance…
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Team KUROSHIO’s story, runner-up of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE!
Takeshi Nakatani (Beacon Associate Editor and Team Leader), Takeshi Ohki, Yuya Nishida, Blair Thornton (Beacon Associate Editor); Team KUROSHIO Board of Directors Team KUROSHIO is…
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Chapter News (September 2019)
Submit Chapter news to Beacon Co-Editors and OES Chapter Coordinator Singapore Chapter Reported by Venugopalan Pallayil The Chapter has been active in organising technical talks…
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From the OES BEACON Editors
Harumi Sugimatsu and Robert Wernli Welcome to the September 2019 issue of the Beacon as we prepare for the next OCEANS conference in Seattle. The…
OES OFFICERS (June 2019 Beacon)
OES OFFICERS IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Newsletter, June 2019 The OES BEACON is published four times a year as a benefit to the membership of…
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The University of Southern Mississippi Student Branch Chapter Activities Report
Courtney Bouchard, Laura Hode Following the launch of the Ocean Engineering program at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM), students petitioned to form a new…
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Member Highlights (June 2019)
Contact the Editors if You Have Items of Interest for the Society Control & Robotics in OCEANS Meet in Beijing, China By Dr. Ferial El-Hawary,…
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The Rise of Women in Engineering: The Story of IEEE Delhi Section
Farheen Fauziya, IEEE OES Liaison to WIE I became the IEEE OES liaison to WIE in October 2018 and have since been looking for an…
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Underwater Technology 2019 (UT’19) Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 16–19 April, 2019
Chau-Chang Wang, Technical Program Committee Co-Chair of UT’19 The IEEE OES international symposium on Underwater Technology 2019 (UT’19) organized by IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (IEEE/OES),…
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“FROM LITTLE THINGS, BIG THINGS GROW” (Paul Kelly, 1992) IEEE/OES 12th CWTMA Workshop, San Diego 10–13 March 2019
From Mal Heron, Sandy Williams and Hugh Roarty A brilliant success! Under the auspices of the CWTMA Technology Committee, the twelfth Currents, Waves, Turbulence Measurements…
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Chapter News (June 2019)
Submit Chapter News to Beacon Co-Editors and OES Chapter Coordinator On May 2, 2019, members of the IEEE Providence Section and the OE22 Chapter gathered…
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Who’s who in the OES – Brandy Armstrong
Brandy Armstrong, Administrative Committee, Student Activities Chair, and Social Media Initiative I think the most interesting part of my story is how a small-town girl…
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University of Zagreb IEEE OES Student Branch Chapter Activities
Anja Babić, Nadir Kapetanović, and Igor Kvasić In the months since its official founding, members of the University of Zagreb IEEE OES Student Branch Chapter…
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The Singapore Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge (SAUVC) 2019: The 7th Edition
Bharath Kalyan, Hari Vishnu, Venugopalan Pallayil & Ahmed Mahmood (With Inputs From the SAUVC Committee) The seventh edition of the SAUVC was organized from March…
OES Members in Print
Contact the Editors if You Have New Items Model-Based Processing: An Applied Subspace Identification Approach James V. Candy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory University of California…
IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Election for Members to the Administrative Committee Nominees for the Term 1 January 2020–31 December 2022
René Garello, OES Junior Past President The OES Administrative Committee election closes on 25 June. When you review the below candidates, I think you will…
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From Your Chapter Coordinator (June 2019)
Gerardo Acosta, OES Chapter Coordinator Once again I have the pleasure to communicate with all of you. I would like to invite chapter chairs or…
Member Benefits—Did You Know?
Uncover IEEE member benefits that are most relevant to you. Visit www.ieee.org/benefits to access the Global Benefits Finder. Your results page will render a list…
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From the OES BEACON Editors (June 2019)
Harumi Sugimatsu and Robert Wernli Welcome to the March 2019 issue of the Beacon as we prepare for the next OCEANS conference in Marseille. The…
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Life as Past President
René Garello, OES Junior Past President I am often asked the question of “what is it to be ‘past president?” To the opposite of politicians,…
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VPTA Report—Funding for Technical Activities (June 2019)
Malcolm Heron, OES Vice President for Technical Activities OES ExCom officers are keen to see available funds going directly to support the Chapters and Technology…
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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…
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Obituary on Robert Thomas Bannon, September 27, 1948 – March 22, 2019
It is with a sad heart that we once again have to announce the passing of another pillar of our society this year. On March…