September 2019 OES Beacon

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 printed and distributed from IEEE headquarters in New York City, New York, USA.

Editor-in-Chief:
Harumi Sugimatsu
harumis@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Co-Editor-in-Chief:
Robert L. Wernli
wernli@ieee.org

Associate Editors:
Masakazu Arima
Kenichi Asakawa
Toshihiro Maki
Takumi Matsuda
Katsunori Mizuno
Takeshi Nakatani
Hisashi Shiba
Farley Shane
Blair Thornton

Contributing Editors: 
Australia—Mal Heron
Canada—Ferial El-Hawary
France—Philippe Courmontague
Germany—Christoph Waldmann
India—M. A Atmanand
Japan—Blair Thornton
Korea—Son Cheol Yu
Scotland—John Watson
Singapore—Venu Pallayil
Taiwan—Jenhwa Guo
USA—Stan Chamberlain

IEEE OCEANIC ENGINEERING SOCIETY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President
CHRISTIAN DE MOUSTIER
cpm@ieee.org

Vice President Technical Activities
MALCOLM HERON
mal.heron@ieee.org

Vice President Professional Activities
JIM COLLINS
j.s.collins@ieee.org

Vice President Workshops & Symposia
PHILIPPE COURMOUNTAGNE
courmontagne.at.home@gmail.com

Vice President OCEANS
JOHN WATSON
j.watson@abdn.ac.uk

Secretary
STEPHEN WOOD
swood@fit.edu

Treasurer
ELIZABETH L. CREED
elcreed@ieee.org

Journal Editor-in Chief
MANDAR CHITRE
mchitre@ieee.org

Junior Past President
RENÉ GARELLO
r.garello@ieee.org

Senior Past President
JERRY C. CARROLL
jerrycortez@charter.net

ELECTED ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

2017–2019

BRANDY ARMSTRONG
brandy.armstrong.us@ieee.org

JIM CANDY
tsoftware@aol.com

SHYAM MADHUSUDHANA
shyamblast@gmail.com

JOÃO ALVES
Joao.Alves@cmre.nato.int

KEN FOOTE
kfoote@ieee.org

LIAN LIAN
llian@sjtu.edu.cn

2018–2020

GERARDO G. ACOSTA
ggacosta@fio.unicen.edu.ar

FAUSTO FERREIRA
Fausto.Ferreira@cmre.nato.int

WILLIAM J. KIRKWOOD
kiwi@mbari.org

VENUGOPALAN (VENU) PALLAYIL
venugopalan.pallayil@gmail.com

HARUMI SUGIMATSU
harumis@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

ROBERT L. WERNLI
rwernli@san.rr.com

2019–2021

M.A. ATMANAND
atma@niot.res.in

FERIAL EL-HAWARY
F.El-Hawary@ieee.org

STEPHEN M. HOLT
smdholt@gmail.com

MARINNA MARTINI
mmartini@ieee.org

JAY PEARLMAN
jay.pearlman@fourbridges.org

CHRISTOPHER WHITT
christopher@whitt.ca

 

IEEE OCEANIC ENGINEERING EX-OFFICIO ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

Co-Editors-in-Chief, OES BEACON 

HARUMI SUGIMATSU
University of Tokyo
harumis@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

ROBERT WERNLI
First Centurion Enterprises
wernli@ieee.org

Editor, OES e-newsletter
TOSHIHIRO MAKI
University of Tokyo
maki@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Webmaster
STEVE HOLT
sholt@ieee.org

Student Activities
BRANDY ARMSTRONG
brandy.armstrong@gmail.com

Student Branch Chapter (SBC) Support Program
JIM COLLINS
j.s.collins@ieee.org

Membership Development
JIM COLLINS
j.s.collins@ieee.org

Fellow Evaluating Committee
N. ROSS CHAPMAN
chapman@uvic.ca

Women in Engineering
BRANDY ARMSTRONG
Brandy.Armstrong.US@ieee.org

Young Professional
FRÉDÉRIC MAUSSANG
frederic.maussang@telecom-bretagne.eu

Technology Committee Coordinator
SHYAM MADHUSUDHANA
shyamm@ieee.org

Reconnaissance Committee
BRIAN HORSBURGH
horsburgh.brian5@gmail.com

Joint OCEANS Advisory Board (JOAB)
BILL KIRKWOOD
kiwi@mbari.org

Awards, Nominations
RENÉ GARELLO
r.garello@ieee.org

IEEE USA R&D Policy
JIM BARBERA
jimbarbera@mindspring.com

Chapter Coordinator
GERARDO G. ACOSTA
gerardo.acosta@ieee.org

Professional Activities Commit- tees for Engineers (PACE)
JIM COLLINS
j.s.collins@ieee.org

CHAPTER CHAIRS REGION 1-6, USA

PROVIDENCE
Albert J. (Sandy) Williams III
awilliams@whoi.edu

WASHINGTON
James G. Roche
james.roche.ieee@gmail.com

HOUSTON
Celsa Pachlhofer
celsa.canedo@sbcglobal.net

SAN DIEGO
Karen Dubey
karen.dubey@gmail.com

SEATTLE
Gerald (Skip) Denn
skip.denny@ieee.org

HAWAII
Mark Rognstad
mrognsta@hawaii.edu

REGION 7, CANADA

CANADIAN ATLANTIC
Ferial E. El-Hawary
f.el-hawary@ieee.org

NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
Neil Riggs
neil.riggs@ieee.org

OTTAWA
Yifeng Zhou
yifeng.zhou@crc.gc.ca

QUEBEC
Georges Fournier
georges.fournier@drdc-rddc.gc.ca

TORONTO OPEN

VANCOUVER
Serdar Soylu
ssoylu@cellula.com

VICTORIA
Tom Dakin
TDakin@UVic.ca

REGION 8, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

FRANCE
Philippe Courmontagne
philippe.courmontagne@isen.fr

ITALY
Andrea Trucco
trucco@ieee.org

NORWAY OPEN

PORTUGAL
Anibal Matos
anibal@fe.up.pt

SPAIN
Joaquin del Rio Fernandez
joaquin.del.rio@upc.edu

TUNISIA
Nizar Rokbani
nizar.rokbani@ieee.org

UKRI
Nick Wright
nick.wright@newcastle.ac.uk

REGION 9, SOUTH AMERICA

ARGENTINA
Andrés Dorta
asdorta@yahoo.com

ECUADOR
Karen Aguirre R.
kareagui@espol.edu.ec

REGION 10, ASIA & PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA
Mal Heron
mal.heron@ieee.org

INDIA
R. (Venkat) Venkatesan
venkat@niot.res.in

JAPAN
Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi
kawak@jamstec.go.jp

NEW SOUTH WALES
Eric Ferguson
Efer2780@uni.sydney.edu.au

KOREA
Son-Cheol Yu
nabi1995@gmail.com

MALAYSIA
Mohd Rizal Arshad
dr.rizal@gmail.com

SHANGHAI
Lian Lian
llian@sjtu.edu.cn

SINGAPORE
Hari Vishnu
harivishnu@gmail.com

TAIWAN
Forng C. Chiu
fcchiu@ntu.edu.tw

 

TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE CHAIRS

AUTONOMOUS MARITIME SYSTEMS (AMS)
HANU SINGH
ha.singh@northeastern.edu

CURRENT, WAVE AND TURBULENCE MEASURE- MENT AND APPLICATIONS
HUGH ROARTY
hroarty@marine.rutgers.edu

 

DATA ANALYTICS, INTEGRATION AND MODELING
GOPU POTTY
gpotty@uri.edu

OCEAN OBSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAIN- ABILITY
JAY PEARLMAN
jay.pearlman@ieee.org

OCEAN REMOTE SENSING
RENE GARELLO
r.garello@ieee.org

OCEAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
SEAMUS GARVEY
seamus.garvey@nottingham.ac.uk

POLAR OCEANS
ANDREAS MAROUCHOS
Andreas.Marouchos@csiro.au

STANDARDS
KENNETH FOOTE
kfoote@whoi.edu

SUBSEA OPTICS AND VISION
FRANK CAIMI
f.m.caimi@ieee.org

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS
KENNETH FOOTE
kfoote@whoi.edu

UNDERWATER CABLES AND CONNECTORS
M.A.ATMANAND
atma@niot.res.in

UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATION AND POSITIONING
MILICA STOJANAVIC
millitsa@ece.neu.edu

 

JOURNAL ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Filippo Arrichiello
Kenichi Asakawa
M.A. Atmanand
Ralf Bachmayer
Edmund F. Brekke
Brad Buckham
Nicholas Chotiros
Tory Cobb
Brandon Cochenour
Nuno Cruz
Lee Culver
Eric Delory
Roee Diamant
Brendan Englot
Kenneth Foote
Eric Gill
Joao Gomes
Merrick Haller
Michael Hayes
Wei He
Alan Hunter
Toshihiro Maki
Eliza Michaloupoulou
Andrey Morozov
Barbara Nicolas
Costas Pelekanakis
John Potter
Gopu Potty
Mike Richardson
Roland Romeiser
Tetjana Ross
Torstein Sæbø
Dick Simons
Joao de Sousa
Milica Stojanovic
Ken Takagi
Blair Thornton
Harris Tsimenidis
Andrea Trucco
Karl von Ellenrieder
Kathleen Wage
John Watson
Wen Xu
Fumin Zhang
Peng Zhang
Haiyong Zheng
Rosa Zheng

 

STUDENT BRANCH CHAPTER ADVISORS AND CHAIRS

Escuela Superior Politecnica Del Litoral
Advisor: Altamirano Luis
Chair: Aguirre Karen Elizabeth

Hong Kong City University
Advisor: Cheung Chak Chung
Chair: Sze Tsz Ho

Panimalar Institute of Technology – CHENNAI
Advisor: M Arun
Chair: K P Adithya, R Vijayalakshmi

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Advisor: Lian Lian
Chair: Cao Junliang

The University of Southern Mississippi
Advisor: Mustafa Kemal Cambazoglu
Chair: Laura Hode

Strathclyde University
Advisor: Andrea Coraddu
Chair: Olena Karpenko

University of Zagreb
Advisor: Nikola Miskovic
Chair: Anja Babic´

Western Washington University
Advisor: Lund John A
Chair: Kintzele James Lee