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Harumi Sugimatsu and Robert Wernli Welcome back OTC!! The effect of Covid on the OES, especially our conferences, workshops and symposia, has been significant. This…
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Welcome from Steve Holt as the new VPPA
Steve Holt, VP of Professional Activities, vp-professional-activities@ieeeoes.org As I approach the halfway point of this first year of my tenure, I would like to summarize…
OES Conference Calendar (June 2023)
Contact BEACON Editors, OES VPWS and VPTA OCEANS OCEANS 2023 Limerick June 5-8, 2023 Limerick, Ireland https://limerick23.oceansconference.org OCEANS 2023 Gulf Coast September 25-28, 2023 Gulf…
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Chapter News (March 2023)
Submit Chapter news to Beacon Co-Editors and OES Chapter Coordinator Hong Kong Chapter Hong Kong IEEE CE/OES Joint Chapter runs the Young Engineer Conference (YE-22)…
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Awards for OES members
Contact the editors with your submissions. We are pleased to inform you that two new AdCom members, Albert J Williams 3rd and Karen A. Panetta,…
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The Student Poster Competition at OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads
Dr. Shyam Madhusudhana, OES Student Poster Competition Chair Photo credits: Jhon Bermudez and Stan Chamberlain Col. Normal Miller envisioned and created the Student Poster Competition…
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Report upon attending the World Ocean Assessment workshop at Belitung, Indonesia in December 2022
Prof. M. A. Atmanand, Senior Member IEEE, AdCom member and Coordinator of Technology Committees Atmanand was recommended to the UN- Division of Ocean Affairs and…
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OES makes its presence at the UN Ocean Conference – Bridging Ocean Engineering and Ocean Decade
Hari Vishnu, Chief Editor, OES Earthzine magazine, Venugopalan Pallayil, Vice-President of Technical activities at OEES, Christopher Whitt, President, IEEE OES The global ocean covers 71%…
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Ocean Decade initiative – into the second year, and gathering steam
Hari Vishnu, Amy Deeb, Laura Meyer, M. A. Atmanand, with inputs from Ocean Decade initiative committee As the UN Decade of Ocean sciences for sustainable…
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HK ROV 2022 – More workshops, another competition and lots of fun.
Raul Hodgson, Hong Cong Chapter Vice chair The Hong Kong IEEE CT/OES Joint Chapter was very busy in 2022 with their continued effort to instill…
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VPTA Column (March 2023)
Shyam Madhusudhana, VP for Technical Activities Well, it is my first stint in an executive role in the OES, as the Vice President for Technical…
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New YP-BOOST Laureates 2023-2024
Filippo Campagnaro & Francesco Maurelli, New YP-BOOST Laureates, Roberto Petroccia, OES Liaison for the YP-BOOST Program Introduction by Roberto Petroccia, OES Liaison for the YP-BOOST…
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James Preisig and Peter Gerstoft—Elevation to IEEE Fellow in 2023
Andrew Singer, OES Fellow Evaluation Committee Chair We are delighted to announce that two long-time OES members, James Preisig (known to many as Jim) and…
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Passing of long-time contributors to the OES
Robert Wernli and Harumi Sugimatsu, BEACON Editors Joseph R. Vadus We recently received notification of the passing of Joseph R. Vadus on 17 October, in…
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Remembering Jim McFarlane
Edited by Robert Wernli, BEACON Co-Editor-in-Chief James Ross McFarlane, age 88, passed away peacefully on November 1, 2022, in Port Moody, BC., Canada. Jim was…
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From the Journal Editor’s desk: IEEE Journal of Engineering Early Access Papers (March 2023)
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…
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Welcome from Steve Holt as the new VPPA (March 2023)
Steve Holt, VP of Professional Activities, up-professional-activities@ieeeoes.org I am deeply honored to be the newly elected Vice President of Professional Activities (VPPA) for 2023. I…
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From the Vice President for Workshops & Symposia (March 2023)
Fausto Ferreira, Vice President for W&S New year, but still busy. As you were able to read in the last edition, 2022 was a very…
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‘Changing’ OCEANS (March 2023)
Venugopalan Pallayil, Vice President for OCEANS (VPO) Hello OES Colleagues, Welcome to the new VPO column. After a 2-year stint as Vice-President for Technical Activities…
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Call for OES Distinguished Lecturers 2024–26
Call for OES Distinguished Lecturers 2024–26 Nominations close on July 31, 2023 Shyam Madhusudhana, VP for Technical Activities The IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) invites…
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Introducing the Position of Executive VP (March 2023)
Brandy Armstrong, Executive VP, executive-vp@ieeeoes.org As the newly elected, and first ever, Executive Vice President (Executive VP) of IEEE OES, I thought it would be…
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From the President (March 2023)
Christopher Whitt, OES President Welcome to 2023! The year is just beginning and already we expect to see even more activity across the Society and…
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From the OES BEACON Editors (March 2023)
Harumi Sugimatsu and Robert Wernli Welcome to 2023 and the March 2023 issue of the Beacon. Hope this issue finds all our members well and…
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From Treasurer Elect (March 2023)
William Kirkwood, Treasurer Elect Well, it’s been a while since I’ve written for the Beacon. I want to say that it’s great to be back…
Request for Nominations for OES Awards 2023
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…