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DESCRIPTION:IEEE Senior Member is the highest IEEE member grade for which I
 EEE members can apply and does not incur any additional cost or fees. The 
 Senior Member grade is a way for the IEEE members to receive recognition f
 or their professional experience and significant performance in Electrical
  and Electronics Engineering\, and the related fields including Computer S
 cience and Information Technology\, Physical Sciences\, Biological and Med
 ical Sciences\, Mathematics\, Technical Communications\, Education\, Manag
 ement\, Law\, and Policy.\n\nThe advancement to Senior Member provides the
  IEEE members with significant and distinct benefits. These benefits inclu
 de the eligibility to hold Executive IEEE Volunteer Positions and getting 
 recognition of your peers for technical and professional excellence. Newly
  elevated senior members will also receive an engraved senior member plaqu
 e from IEEE.\n\nSenior Member Elevation:\n\nIEEE SEM Section Membership Co
 mmittee will reprise its Senior Member Elevation event\, on January 5th\, 
 2024 between 4:00 PM and 05:30 PM (online).\n\nElevation:\n\nSenior Member
  Reviewers will assist interested member candidates with at least 10 years
  of experience in their profession.\n\nThe way it works is:\n\nAt least a 
 10 years of significant experience with BS degree needs be be established 
 to initiate the senior membership elevation.\n(A Ph.D is considered to be 
 5 years of significant experience and a master degree is considered to be 
 2 years of significant experience. The remaining 5 (with PhD) to 8 (with M
 S degree) years of significant experience should be established from the m
 ember experience in his/her profession to initiate and submit applications
  for Senior Member Elevation.)\n\nNote: There is no cost to becoming a Sen
 ior Member\, and this step is a necessary prelude to seeking the IEEE ‘F
 ellow’ level. For a complete description of the Senior Member process an
 d its benefits\, see the link at: https://www.ieee.org/membership_services
 /membership/grade_elevation.html\n\nTo [sign up](https://events.vtools.iee
 e.org/m/390252)for &quot;Elevation&quot; Time Slot\, please[register on this site](h
 ttps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/390252)for the event and consider contacti
 ng existing senior members/fellows as references\; also bring an electroni
 c copy of your resume\, and relevant supporting materials (list of papers 
 published\, standards work done\, patents\, senior/leadership positions\, 
 etc).\n\nHere is a link to [useful checklist](https://www.ieee.org/members
 hip/senior/deadlines.html) before filing your application. Also you may se
 ek to contact or network with other Southeastern Michigan Section members 
 who were upgraded to senior status. You may find some of them profiled in 
 our monthly newsletter - [Wavelengths](https://r4.ieee.org/sem/about-sem/s
 em-history/wavelengths-magazine-archive/)!\n\nNetworking:\n\n* We recommen
 d that attendees join us online\, we will create several breakout rooms\, 
 one for each reference (at least)\n\nCo-sponsored by: Sharan Kalwani\n\nSp
 eaker(s): Mohamad Berri\, Sharan Kalwani\n\nAgenda: \nOnline Link (TBD)\n\
 n(Friday)\n\n04:00 PM - Coffee/Tea (on your own)\, Introductions\, and Ele
 vation processing.\n\n05:30 PM - Wrap up\, Clean up\, Solidify new friends
 hips\, contacts\, networking and temporarily say &#39;Good bye&#39;\n\nVirtual: ht
 tps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/390252
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/390252
ORGANIZER:mberri@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:61
SUMMARY:Senior Member Elevation (a Virtual Event!)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/390252
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetic
 a\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;IEEE Senior Member is the highest IEEE
  member grade for which IEEE members can apply and does not incur any addi
 tional cost or fees. The Senior Member grade is a way for the IEEE members
  to receive recognition for their professional experience and significant 
 performance in Electrical and Electronics Engineering\, and the related fi
 elds including Computer Science and Information Technology\, Physical Scie
 nces\, Biological and Medical Sciences\, Mathematics\, Technical Communica
 tions\, Education\, Management\, Law\, and Policy. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span s
 tyle=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;The
  advancement to Senior Member provides the IEEE members with significant a
 nd distinct benefits. These benefits include the eligibility to hold Execu
 tive IEEE Volunteer Positions and getting recognition of your peers for te
 chnical and professional excellence. Newly elevated senior members will al
 so receive an engraved senior member plaque from IEEE.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;spa
 n style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;
 &lt;strong&gt;Senior Member Elevation:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font
 -family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;IEEE SEM Sect
 ion Membership Committee will reprise its Senior Member Elevation event\, 
 on January 5th\, 2024 between&amp;nbsp\; 4:00 PM and 05:30 PM &lt;span style=&quot;tex
 t-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(online).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-si
 ze: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Elevation:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=
 &quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;Senior M
 ember Reviewers will assist&amp;nbsp\;interested member candidates with at lea
 st 10 years of experience in their profession. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style
 =&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;The way
  it works is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\,
  sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;At least a 10 years of significant experi
 ence with BS degree needs be be established to &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoratio
 n: underline\;&quot;&gt;initiate&lt;/span&gt; the senior membership elevation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em
 &gt;(A Ph.D is considered to be 5 years of significant experience and a maste
 r degree is considered to be 2 years of significant experience. The remain
 ing 5 (with PhD) to 8 (with MS degree) years of significant experience sho
 uld be established from the member experience in his/her profession to ini
 tiate and submit applications for Senior Member Elevation.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p
 &gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size
 : 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;There is no cost to becoming a Senior Mem
 ber\, and this step is a necessary prelude to seeking the IEEE &amp;lsquo\;Fel
 low&amp;rsquo\; level. &amp;nbsp\; For a complete description of the Senior Member
  process and its benefits\, see the link at:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;fon
 t-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans
 -serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Member Elevation&quot; href=&quot;https://www.ieee.org/membershi
 p_services/membership/grade_elevation.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;
  data-saferedirecturl=&quot;https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;amp\;q=http://www.
 ieee.org/membership_services/membership/grade_elevation.html&amp;amp\;source=g
 mail&amp;amp\;ust=1500048061782000&amp;amp\;usg=AFQjCNGcU3ITSjL5w7S3bDU0p1PBPKciEg
 &quot;&gt;https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/grade_elevation.html
 &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helv
 etica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;To &lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.
 ieee.org/m/390252&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;sign up &lt;/a&gt;for &quot;Elevati
 on&quot; Time Slot\, please&lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/390252&quot; ta
 rget=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt; register on this site&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=
 &quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;or the event and consider contactin
 g existing senior members/fellows as references\; also &lt;span style=&quot;text-d
 ecoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;bring an electronic copy of your resume&lt;/span&gt;\, a
 nd relevant supporting materials (list of papers published\, standards wor
 k done\, patents\, senior/leadership positions\, etc).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14
 pt\;&quot;&gt;Here is a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ieee.org/membership/senior/de
 adlines.html&quot;&gt;useful checklist&lt;/a&gt; before filing your application. Also yo
 u may seek to contact or network with other Southeastern Michigan Section 
 members who were upgraded to senior status. You may find some of them prof
 iled in our monthly newsletter - &lt;a href=&quot;https://r4.ieee.org/sem/about-se
 m/sem-history/wavelengths-magazine-archive/&quot;&gt;Wavelengths&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Networking:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 \n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:
  14pt\;&quot;&gt;* &amp;nbsp\;We recommend that attendees join us online\, we will cre
 ate several breakout rooms\, one for each reference (at least)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;
 br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;&lt;sp
 an style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;
 &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Online Link (TBD)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span styl
 e=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;(Frida
 y)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family: arial\, helv
 etica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;04:00 PM - Coffee/Tea (on your own)\, Introductions\
 , and &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;Elevation processing&lt;/spa
 n&gt;. &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family: ari
 al\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;05:30 PM - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 1
 4pt\;&quot;&gt;Wrap up\, Clean up\, Solidify new friendships\, contacts\, networki
 ng and temporarily say &#39;Good bye&#39; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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