
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…

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…

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…

From the Journal Editor’s desk: IEEE Journal of Engineering Early Access Papers (June 2022)
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…
Awards for OES members (June 2022)
Contact the editors with your submissions. The official IEEE Milestone plaque has arrived to Sandy Williams 3rd at WHOI. Congratulations! As introduced in the BEACON…

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…

OTC 2022 Distinguished Awards Celebration
Jerry Carroll, IEEE/OES PAST PRESIDENT: IEEE/OES OTC BOARD REP Both OTC 2022 and OTC Asia were a great success this year because of the hard…

Technology Committee on Underwater Acoustics: standard OCEANS technical topics
Kenneth G Foote, Chair of Underwater Acoustics As a reminder, standard OCEANS technical topics for the Technology Committee on Underwater Acoustics are the following. UNDERWATER…

A Blast from the Past! . . . A Look to the Future!
Bob Wernli – Beacon Co-Editor-in-Chief and Photographer Stan Chamberlain OCEANS 2012 Hampton Roads provided a “springboard” from the east coast to OCEANS 2013 San Diego…

Who’s Who In The IEEE OES – Manu Ignatius
Manu Ignatius, IEEE OES Member, OES Singapore Chapter Chair; CEO, Subnero Having spent my entire childhood in the coastal state of Kerala, southern India, I…

First Call for OES Distinguished Lecturers 2023-25
Nominations close on July 31, 2022 Venugopalan Pallayil, Vice President for Technical Activities, IEEE OES The IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) invites nominations for OES…

Welcome to our YP BOOST and WIE PROPEL Laureates
Brandy Armstrong, VP Professional Activities Roberto Petroccia, YP Liaison Hari Vishnu, Earthzine Editor As I begin my second term as your VP of Professional activities,…
From the Vice President for Workshops & Symposia (March 2022)
Fausto Ferreira, Vice President for W&S As mentioned in the last Beacon, the Guidelines for Workshops & Symposia Organization have been updated and approved. Thanks…

OCEANS Conferences 2022
John Watson, OES Vice-President for OCEANS By the time you read this OCEANS 2022 Chennai (https://chennai22.oceansconference.org ) will, in all probability, be over. The impact…

From the Journal Editor’s desk: IEEE Journal of Engineering Early Access Papers (March 2022)
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…
From the OES Webmaster -New IEEE OES Wikipedia Site
Steve Holt, OES Webmaster The IEEE OES has now had its presence on Wikipedia updated with the latest information. It begins with a description of our…
Hanumant Singh – Elevation to IEEE Fellow in 2021
Milica Stojanovic, OES Distinguished Lecturer When not on the ocean for work, Hanu enjoys the ocean for kitesurfing. We are delighted to announce that a…
Request for Nominations for OES Awards 2022
Jerry Carroll, Chair of IEEE/OES Nominations and Appointments Committees Each year at the beginning of January, the Oceanic Engineering Society is proposing a call for…