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DESCRIPTION:[]IEEE Senior Member is the highest IEEE member grade for which
  IEEE members can apply and does not incur any additional cost or fees. Th
 e Senior Member grade is a way for the IEEE members to receive recognition
  for their professional experience and significant performance in Electric
 al and Electronics Engineering\, and the related fields including Computer
  Science and Information Technology\, Physical Sciences\, Biological and M
 edical Sciences\, Mathematics\, Technical Communications\, Education\, Man
 agement\, Law\, and Policy.\n\nThe advancement to Senior Member provides t
 he IEEE members with significant and distinct benefits. These benefits inc
 lude the eligibility to hold Executive IEEE Volunteer Positions and gettin
 g recognition of your peers for technical and professional excellence. New
 ly elevated senior members will also receive an engraved senior member pla
 que from IEEE.\n\nSenior Member Elevation:\n\nIEEE SEM Section Membership 
 Committee will reprise its Senior Member Elevation event\, on March 8th\, 
 2025 between 10:30 AM and 11:30 PM (HYBRID - In Person and online). Afterw
 ards - we will go have Pizza.\n\nSenior Member Reviewers will assist inter
 ested member candidates with at least 10 years of experience in their prof
 ession.\n\nThe way it works is:\n\nAt least a 10 years of significant expe
 rience with BS degree needs be be established to initiate the senior membe
 rship elevation. (A Ph.D is considered to be 5 years of significant experi
 ence and a master degree is considered to be 2 years of significant experi
 ence. The remaining 5 (with PhD) to 8 (with MS degree) years of significan
 t experience should be established from the member experience in his/her p
 rofession to initiate and submit applications for Senior Member Elevation.
 )\n\nNote: There is no cost to becoming a Senior Member\, and this step is
  a necessary prelude to seeking the IEEE ‘Fellow’ level. For a complet
 e description of the Senior Member process and its benefits\, see the link
  at: https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/grade_elevation.h
 tml\n\nTo [sign up](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461460)for &quot;Elevation
 &quot; Time Slot\, please[register on this site](https://events.vtools.ieee.org
 /m/461460)for the event and consider contacting existing senior members/fe
 llows as references\; also bring an electronic copy of your resume\, and r
 elevant supporting materials (list of papers published\, standards work do
 ne\, patents\, senior/leadership positions\, etc.).\n\n[]Here is a link to
  [useful checklist](https://www.ieee.org/membership/senior/deadlines.html)
  before filing your application. Also you may seek to contact or network w
 ith other Southeastern Michigan Section members who were upgraded to senio
 r status. You may find some of them profiled in our monthly newsletter - [
 Wavelengths](https://r4.ieee.org/sem/about-sem/sem-history/wavelengths-mag
 azine-archive/)!\n\nNetworking:\n\n* We recommend that if attendees cannot
  join us in person (due to weather or traffic conditions) you may join us 
 online\, we will create several breakout rooms\, one for each reference (a
 t least)\n\nSpeaker(s): Mohamad Berri\, Sharan Kalwani\n\nAgenda: \nOnline
  Link (TBD)\n\n[https://oakland-edu.zoom.us/j/94522275995?pwd=0TvTRKfuuxuy
 09SF7Ofg8jBhvcyvIv.1](https://enotice.mmsend.com/link.cfm?r=WpfSLAI8qcPLb8
 iTDPMiZg~~&amp;pe=5LlFHhlbF-VtUb0MBvAHWnATygDawc4mWZJvoyE2LZsU2mvBI51M5wPmnQ4x
 y-c0IXc4zR5pThXqWUwfZ7g-ow~~&amp;t=GoG1eCSxNhQtc3ULMxRYow~~)\n\n10:30 AM - Cof
 fee/Tea/Croissants/Crumpets/similar or equivalent\, Introductions\, and El
 evation processing.\n\n11:30 AM - Wrap up\, Clean up\, Solidify new friend
 ships\, contacts\, networking and head off to lunch. Then we temporarily s
 ay &#39;Good bye&#39;\n\nRoom: MSC 388\, Bldg: Math &amp; Science Center\, 146 Library
  Drive\, Rochester\, Michigan\, United States\, 48326\, Virtual: https://e
 vents.vtools.ieee.org/m/461460
LOCATION:Room: MSC 388\, Bldg: Math &amp; Science Center\, 146 Library Drive\, 
 Rochester\, Michigan\, United States\, 48326\, Virtual: https://events.vto
 ols.ieee.org/m/461460
ORGANIZER:sharan.kalwani@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:44
SUMMARY:Senior Member Elevation (a HYBRID Event!)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461460
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;&lt;img style=&quot;float: left\; border-width
 : 5px\; border-style: hidden\; margin: 5px\;&quot; src=&quot;https://events.vtools.i
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 &quot;&quot; width=&quot;179&quot; height=&quot;337&quot;&gt;IEEE Senior Member is the highest IEEE member 
 grade for which IEEE members can apply and does not incur any additional c
 ost or fees. The Senior Member grade is a way for the IEEE members to rece
 ive recognition for their professional experience and significant performa
 nce in Electrical and Electronics Engineering\, and the related fields inc
 luding Computer Science and Information Technology\, Physical Sciences\, B
 iological and Medical Sciences\, Mathematics\, Technical Communications\, 
 Education\, Management\, Law\, and Policy. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;text-ali
 gn: justify\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; 
 font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;The advancement to Senior Member provides the IEEE memb
 ers with significant and distinct benefits. These benefits include the eli
 gibility to hold Executive IEEE Volunteer Positions and getting recognitio
 n of your peers for technical and professional excellence. Newly elevated 
 senior members will also receive an engraved senior member plaque from IEE
 E.&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;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 Section Membership Committee will reprise its Senior Mem
 ber Elevation event\, on March 8th\, 2025 between&amp;nbsp\; 10:30 AM and 11:3
 0 PM &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(HYBRID - In Perso
 n and online). &lt;/strong&gt;Afterwards - we will go have Pizza.&lt;/span&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;Senior Member Reviewers will assist&amp;nbsp\;interested member ca
 ndidates with at least 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-s
 ize: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;The way it works is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justif
 y\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size:
  14pt\;&quot;&gt;At least a 10 years of significant experience with BS degree need
 s be be established to &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;initiate
 &lt;/span&gt; the senior membership elevation. &lt;em&gt;(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 MS
  degree) years of significant experience should be established from the me
 mber experience in his/her profession to initiate 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;/stro
 ng&gt;There is no cost to becoming a Senior Member\, and this step is a neces
 sary prelude to seeking the IEEE &amp;lsquo\;Fellow&amp;rsquo\; level. &amp;nbsp\; For
  a complete description of the Senior Member process and its benefits\, se
 e the link at:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span 
 style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Member Ele
 vation&quot; href=&quot;https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/grade_el
 evation.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/m
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 &gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size
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 re filing your application. Also you may seek to contact or network with o
 ther Southeastern Michigan Section members who were upgraded to senior sta
 tus. You may find some of them profiled in our monthly newsletter - &lt;a hre
 f=&quot;https://r4.ieee.org/sem/about-sem/sem-history/wavelengths-magazine-arch
 ive/&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;str
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 bsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;* &amp;nbsp\;We recommend that if 
 attendees cannot join us in person (due to weather or traffic conditions) 
 you may join us online\, we will create several breakout rooms\, one for e
 ach reference (at least)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span styl
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  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;Wrap up\, Clean up\, Solidify new 
 friendships\, contacts\, networking and head off to lunch. Then we tempora
 rily say &#39;Good bye&#39;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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