Please see the following links for an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor faculty position in ocean acoustics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of…

2023 OES AdCom Elections – Voting Now Open
The IEEE OES election for 2024-2026 AdCom members is now open! Cast your vote here until June 28, 2023. You will need your IEEE account…
President’s New Year’s Message to the OES Membership
Dear IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Member, On behalf of the entire leadership of the Society, welcome to a New Year! As we embark on a…
In Memoriam, William Carey
Mark Dwortzan, Reprinted from Boston University website Professor William Carey (me), 69, a leading researcher in the field of underwater acoustics, died Wednesday, July 11…
Dr. Glen N. Williams, 1938–2016
Authored by Steve Holt and photos by Stan Chamberlain with input from many of Glen’s friends. A distinguished and longtime member of the IEEE Oceanic…
Colonel Norman D Miller, 1926–2015
Colonel Norman D Miller, 1926–2015 Coauthored by Jim Collins and Brad Boyd Those of us who produce the OES Beacon strive to recognize the leaders…
OES AdCom Election Results
I’m pleased to inform you of the results of our annual election for the OES Administrative Committee (AdCom). The following candidates have been elected for…

2018 Chapter News
Australia Chapter Antarctic and Southern Ocean Forum (ASOF)— for Engineering Science and Technology Reported by Mal Heron ASOF was hosted by the OES Australia Chapter…

Taking the Measure of Paradise
Dr. John R. Potter (Fellow, IEEE), Capt. David Field (iXblue), Casper J Potter (Jocara) and Andrew Price (iXblue) Captain Cook and his vessel Endeavour. Despite…

Who’s who in the OES : M. A. Atmanand (Atma)
M. A. Atmanand (Atma), OES AdCom memberHello. My name, Atmanand, sounds unique for any one not from India. The meaning is: “Atma” means “soul” and…

OES Thanks Outgoing AdCom and ExCom Members
Chris de Moustier presents plaques to Ken Takagi, John Watson, Diane DiMassa, Marinna Martini. Each year at the North American OCEANS conference, this year it…

The European Robotics League (ERL) Emergency 2018
Gabriele Ferri1, Fausto Ferreira2 1ERL Emergency 2018 Director 2ERL Emergency 2018 Deputy Director The European Robotics League (ERL) Emergency Robots is an outdoor robotics competition funded…

Milestone Ceremony—French Cable Station Museum
Thursday, September 6, 2018 René Garello, IEEE OES Junior Past President And the next one, the program of the afternoon. On a very…

Doppler Oceanography from Space (DOfS) Meeting in Brest
Fabrice Ardhuin, and Charles Peureux (Ifremer), René Garello (IMT Atlantique/OES) Context Remote sensing has revolutionized oceanography, starting from sea surface temperature, ocean color, sea level,…

2018 First Congress on Ocean Technology
Providing an Atmosphere of Cooperation between those who Work, Study and Research the Oceans—Belgium, Brazil, Japan, Venezuela and Ecuador. Lady Nicole Macas Mende This article…

Ocean Energy Technology Committee Report
Seamus Garvey, Rupp Carriveau and Mal Heron Seamus Garvey, right, and Rupp Carriveau are co-chairs of the OES Ocean Energy Technology Committee. The Ocean…

Chapter News – Australia
Submit Chapter News to Beacon Co-Editors and OES Chapter Coordinator Australia Chapter Reported by Mal Heron OES was Technical Co-Sponsor of the 27th International Symposium…

OCEANS’18 MTS/IEEE Kobe/Techno-Ocean 2018 (OTO’18)
Koji Otsuka, Co-Chair of OTO’18 Executive Committee OCEANS’18 MTS/IEEE Kobe / Techno-Ocean 2018 (OTO’18) was held at Port Island in Kobe from May 28th through…

The Distinguished Lecturer Program in Japan
IEEE OES Japan Chapter organized the Distinguished Lecture (DL) program in June 2018 after the OCEANS’18 MTS/IEEE Kobe / Techno-Ocean 2018 as fellows. Ocean Acoustic…

Who’s who in the OES
Venugopalan Pallayil (Venu), OES AdCom Member When Bob asked me to write for the column ‘Who is Who in OES’ in the BEACON Newsletter, I…
IEEE OES Members from the Engineering Faculty of Olavarría Participate in Underwater Acoustics Training
Gerardo Acosta, OES Chapter Coordinator Two researchers from the Engineering Faculty of Olavarría (Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires—UNCPBA) participated with…
OES Portugal Chapter Creation and News
Aníbal Matos, OES Portugal Chapter Chair The OES Portugal Chapter joins researchers from multiple institutions that have been intensively involved in ocean-related research and development…
Awards for OES members
Contact the editors with your submissions Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi Received the Prizes for Science and Technology Commendation with his Colleagues in JAMSTEC The Prizes for Science and Technology…
Future Vision for Autonomous and Remote Observing Technologies
Malcolm Heron, OES Vice President for Technical Activities OceanObs is a decadal exercise to focus on how Ocean Observations will develop in the next decade.…