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BEACON is the quarterly newsletter for OES members to keep updated on Chapter news, student activities, technical activities, member highlights and more.

Beacon Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Harumi Sugimatsu – harumis@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Robert L. Wernli – rwernli@san.rr.com, bobwernli@gmail.com

Associate Editors

Masakazu Arima, Toshihiro Maki, Takumi Matsuda
Katsunori Mizuno, Takeshi Nakatani, Takahiro Sano
Farley Shane, Blair Thornton

Contributing Editors:

Region1-6
USA—Stan Chamberlain

Region7
Canada—James S. Collins

Region8
England—Blair Thornton
France—Philippe Courmontague
Germany—Christoph Waldmann
Scotland—John Watson

Region10
Australia—Mal Heron
China – Lian Lian
India—M. A Atmanand
Japan – Hayato Kondo
Korea—Son Cheol Yu
Singapore—Venu Pallayil
Taiwan—Jenhwa Guo

BEACON is the newsletter for OES members.
We welcome submissions of Chapter news, Student Activities, Technical Activities, Member Highlights, etc., from our members.
BEACON is published four times a year.

The deadline for manuscript submissions is as follows

  • March issue: February 14
  • June issue: May 14
  • September issue: August 14
  • December issue: November 14

Submit the article to Editor-in-Chief and Co-Editor-in-Chief
Harumi Sugimatsu: harumis@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Robert L. Wernli: rwernli@san.rr.com, bobwernli@gmail.com

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Please feel free to submit articles.
From BEACON Editorial Board

Recent Issue:
March 2025, Volume 14, Issue 1 (Only PDF)

Archives:
OES Beacon Newsletter PDF Archive

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For more information or questions, contact Editor-in-Chief at harumis@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp