
John Watson, OES Vice-President for OCEANS The OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads (Virginia Beach Conference Center, 17-20 October 2022) conference is now almost upon us. You…

Chapter News (September 2022)
Submit Chapter news to Beacon Co-Editors and OES Chapter Coordinator Malaysia Chapter 3rd Multi-Object Collision Avoidance for a Riverine Autonomous Surface Vehicle Reported by Zainah…

Passing of Claude Brancart
Robert Wernli and Harumi Sugimatsu, BEACON Editors Unfortunately, it has come to our attention that one of our most active members, Claude Brancart, passed away…

A Fresh Look at Systems Engineering Methods for Ocean Observations
Stephen Holt, Christoph Waldmann, OES Standing Committee on Standards engineering is a well-known concept for engineers in different disciplines. It has moved into ocean sciences…

The Robotics for Asset Maintenance and Inspection (RAMI) 2022
Gabriele Ferri1, Alessandro Faggiani2, Tommaso Fabbri2, and Fausto Ferreira3 1RAMI 2022 Technical Director 2RAMI2022 Deputy Technical Director 3RAMI 2022 Head Judge, VP Workshops & Symposia…

A Blast from the Past! . . . Student Poster Competitions
Bob Wernli – Beacon Co-Editor-in-Chief and Photographer Stan Chamberlain A major effort in OES is to ensure that we have an excellent Student Poster Competition…

Who’s who in the IEEE OES (September 2022)
Shyam Madhusudhana Administrative Committee, Chair of Student Poster Competitions, Coordinator of Technology Committees I have been an active member of IEEE OES for about 15…

Member Highlights (September 2022)
Contact the editors if you have items of interest for the society International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV) and International Congress on Acoustics…

UNIZG SBC half-year activities report March – July 2022
Nadir Kapetanović, Anja Babić, Ivan Lončar, Igor Kvasić, Vladimir Slošić, Allan Badian Introduction It was a busy start of the year for members of the…

OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads is on the Horizon
Ray Toll, OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads Co-Chair OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads is just a few months away, and all the planning since 2017 is about…

Chapter News
Submit Chapter news to Beacon Co-Editors and OES Chapter Coordinator HK Chapter Young Engineer YE-21 Conference (October 24, 2021) Reported by Paul Hodgson, Hong Cong…

Who’s Who In The IEEE OES – Robert Wernli
Robert Wernli, Beacon Co-Editor-in-Chief, OES AdCom Well, unfortunately, our planned Who’s Who author injured his hand and can’t type. So, we will reschedule him and,…

Technology Committee updates
Shyam Madhusudhana, Coordinator of Technology Committees OES Technology Committee (TC) Chairs and co-Chairs had their first biannual meeting for the year on 30 March. The…

New YP-BOOST Laureates 2022-2023
Amy Deeb & Mehdi Rahmati, New YP-BOOST Laureates, Roberto Petroccia, OES Liaison for the YP-BOOST Program Introduction by Roberto Petroccia, OES Liaison for the YP-BOOST…

WIE@OCEANS 2022 Chennai
Monika Agrawal, Nidhi Varshey, Malarkodi and Shweta Yadav, IEEE OES The IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) and the Marine Technology Society (MTS) organized the prestigious…

From the President (June 2022)
Christopher Whitt, OES President As we approach half-way through 2022, we are continuously working on ways the Society can help us each to connect with…

From the OES BEACON Editors
Harumi Sugimatsu and Robert Wernli Welcome to the June 2022 issue of the Beacon. Before we discuss this issue’s primary articles, there are a couple…

VPTA Column (June 2022)
Venugopalan Pallayil, Vice President for Technical Activities, IEEE OES OES colleagues, One great news that I would like to share with you all is that…

From the Vice President for Workshops & Symposia
Fausto Ferreira, Vice President for W&S We are now almost in the middle of 2022 and while we had only one major conference (besides OCEANS…

OCEANS Conferences 2022 and beyond
John Watson, OES Vice-President for OCEANS The OCEANS 2022 Chennai conference has now been and gone. This was the first time that OCEANS reached out…

Intro Giulia De Masi – WIE Propel Laureate
Giulia De Masi, WIE Propel Laureate 2022-2023 I am very honored and excited to start this new role of WIE-OES Propel laureate, promoting and sustaining…
JOB POSTING: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
Contact the editors with your submissions Electrical Engineer: https://www.mbari.org/electrical_engineer-2/ The engineering department at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) develops underwater sensors, vehicles, and…

OCEANS 2022 Chennai – A brief report
Nidhi Varshney on behalf of LoC, Photographers G. Pannerselvam and A. Ranjan Introduction OCEANS 2022 Chennai was the most sought-after event after long COVID…

The Student Poster Competition at OCEANS 2022 Chennai
Dr. A Malarkodi, SPC Chair OCEANS 2022 Chennai, Dr. Shyam Madhusudhana, OES Student Poster Competition Chair The Student Poster Competition (SPC) is a flagship event…

Continue to Broaden Your Horizons – An Experience of Attending OCEANS 2022 Chennai Virtually
Yang Weng (The University of Tokyo), OCEANS 2022 Chennai SPC winner The OCEANS Conference is a worldwide event for maritime professionals to share their research…