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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 September 6t
 h\, 2025 between 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM\n\nThe way it works is:\n\nAt least
  a 10 years of experience with a Bachelors degree needs be be established 
 to initiate the senior membership elevation. (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.)\n\nNote: There is no cost to becoming a Seni
 or Member\, and this step is a necessary prelude to seeking the IEEE ‘Fe
 llow’ level. For a complete description of the Senior Member process and
  its benefits\, see the link at: https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/
 membership/grade_elevation.html\n\nTo [sign up](https://events.vtools.ieee
 .org/m/491040)for &quot;Elevation&quot; Time Slot\, please[register on this site](ht
 tps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491040)for the event and consider contactin
 g existing senior members/fellows as references\; also bring an electronic
  copy of your resume\, and relevant supporting materials (list of papers p
 ublished\, standards work done\, patents\, senior/leadership positions\, e
 tc.).\n\n[]Here is a link to [useful checklist](https://www.ieee.org/membe
 rship/senior/deadlines.html) before filing your application. Also you may 
 seek to contact or network with other Southeastern Michigan Section member
 s who were upgraded to senior status. You may find some of them profiled i
 n our monthly newsletter - [Wavelengths](https://r4.ieee.org/sem/about-sem
 /sem-history/wavelengths-magazine-archive/)!\n\nNetworking:\n\n* We recomm
 end that if attendees cannot join us in person do look for the next events
  { most likely early November}.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Sreekanth Narayan\n\nS
 peaker(s): Mohamad Berri\, Sharan Kalwani\, Sreekanth Narayan\n\nAgenda: \
 nOnline Link (TBD)\n\n10:00 AM - Introductions and how Elevation processin
 g works....\n\n11:30 AM - Wrap up\, Clean up\, Solidify new friendships\, 
 contacts\, networking and head off to lunch. Then we temporarily say &#39;Good
  bye&#39;\n\nNOTE - ALL times are in EST/EDT!\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtool
 s.ieee.org/m/491040
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491040
ORGANIZER:mberri@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:41
SUMMARY:Senior Member Elevation (a VIRTUAL Event!)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491040
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
 eee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/52ec2c8f-45fb-4dc8-a738-d445b595a418&quot; alt=
 &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 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\;&quot;
 &gt;September 6th\, 2025 between&amp;nbsp\; 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM&lt;/span&gt;&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;The way it works is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:
  justify\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; fon
 t-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;At least a 10 years of experience with a Bachelors degree 
 needs be be established to &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;init
 iate&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 (wit
 h MS degree) years of significant experience should be established from th
 e member experience in his/her profession to initiate and submit applicati
 ons for Senior Member Elevation.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-fa
 mily: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/
 strong&gt;There is no cost to becoming a Senior Member\, and this step is a n
 ecessary 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\
 , see the link at:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;s
 pan style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Member
  Elevation&quot; href=&quot;https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/grad
 e_elevation.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; data-saferedirecturl=&quot;htt
 ps://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;amp\;q=http://www.ieee.org/membership_servic
 es/membership/grade_elevation.html&amp;amp\;source=gmail&amp;amp\;ust=150004806178
 2000&amp;amp\;usg=AFQjCNGcU3ITSjL5w7S3bDU0p1PBPKciEg&quot;&gt;https://www.ieee.org/mem
 bership_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\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-
 size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;To &lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491040&quot; target=
 &quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;sign up &lt;/a&gt;for &quot;Elevation&quot; Time Slot\, please&lt;a h
 ref=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491040&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopene
 r&quot;&gt; register on this site&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underlin
 e\;&quot;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;or the event and consider contacting existing senior members/
 fellows as references\; also &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;br
 ing an electronic copy of your resume&lt;/span&gt;\, and relevant supporting mat
 erials (list of papers published\, standards work 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: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;border-wi
 dth: 5px\; border-style: hidden\; margin: 5px\; float: left\;&quot; src=&quot;https:
 //events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/5ea456d3-1bbe-47b1-808c-0
 8da5db0e6d1&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;236&quot; height=&quot;236&quot;&gt;Here is a link to &lt;a href=&quot;ht
 tps://www.ieee.org/membership/senior/deadlines.html&quot;&gt;useful checklist&lt;/a&gt; 
 before filing your application. Also you may seek to contact or network wi
 th other Southeastern Michigan Section members who were upgraded to senior
  status. You may find some of them profiled in our monthly newsletter - &lt;a
  href=&quot;https://r4.ieee.org/sem/about-sem/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
  if attendees cannot join us in person do look for the next events { most&amp;
 nbsp\; likely early November}.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;spa
 n style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font
 -family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Online Link (TBD)&lt;/stro
 ng&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family: aria
 l\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;10:00 AM - Introductions and how &lt;span style
 =&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;Elevation processing works....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/spa
 n&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\,
  sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;11:30 AM - &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 temporarily say &#39;Good bye&#39;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;sp
 an style=&quot;color: rgb(251\, 238\, 184)\; background-color: rgb(53\, 152\, 2
 19)\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; background-color: rgb(53\, 1
 52\, 219)\;&quot;&gt;NOTE - ALL times are in EST/EDT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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