IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society History Brief Timeline of
Events - March 4, 1969 - First Meeting of the IEEE Oceanography
Coordinating Committee - Sept. 23, 1975 - Name change to Council
on Oceanic Engineering (TAB approved at June 75 mtg) - 1983 -
Name change to IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society - June 19, 2004
– Field of Interest revision IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society at
40 Abstract— In conjunction with the celebration of the fortieth
anniversary of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, the history
of the society, from 1985 to 2006 is traced, as well as
developments in electrical engineering as they pertain to the
world’s oceans. This paper continues the history begun in Ivan
Coggeshall’s paper in the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering,
April 1985, and examines the OE Society’s international
expansion, the growing public awareness of the oceans’ effect on
climate, ocean-atmosphere coupling, ocean currents, the Law of
the Sea, security, and the growing research vessel fleet, as
well as new technologies f