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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 November 1st
 \, 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 t
 o 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 mem
 ber experience in his/her profession to initiate and submit applications f
 or Senior Member Elevation.)\n\nNote: There is no cost to becoming a Senio
 r Member\, and this step is a necessary prelude to seeking the IEEE ‘Fel
 low’ level. For a complete description of the Senior Member process and 
 its benefits\, see the link at: https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/m
 embership/grade_elevation.html\n\nTo [sign up](https://events.vtools.ieee.
 org/m/491077)for &quot;Elevation&quot; Time Slot\, please[register on this site](htt
 ps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491077)for the event and consider contacting
  existing senior members/fellows as references\; also bring an electronic 
 copy of your resume\, and relevant supporting materials (list of papers pu
 blished\, standards work done\, patents\, senior/leadership positions\, et
 c.).\n\n[]Here is a link to [useful checklist](https://www.ieee.org/member
 ship/senior/deadlines.html) before filing your application. Also you may s
 eek 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/
 sem-history/wavelengths-magazine-archive/)!\n\nNetworking:\n\n* We recomme
 nd that if attendees cannot join us in person do look for the next events 
 { most likely early 2026}.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Sreekanth Narayan\n\nSpeake
 r(s): Mohamad Berri\, Sharan Kalwani\, Sreekanth Narayan\n\nAgenda: \nOnli
 ne Link (TBD)\n\n10:00 AM - Introductions and how Elevation processing wor
 ks....\n\n11:30 AM - Wrap up\, Clean up\, Solidify new friendships\, conta
 cts\, networking and head off to lunch. Then we temporarily say &#39;Good bye&#39;
 \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491077
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491077
ORGANIZER:mberri@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:14
SUMMARY:Senior Member Elevation (a VIRTUAL Event!)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491077
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;November 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;\, 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\, sa
 ns-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;The way it works is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;t
 ext-align: justify\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-s
 erif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;At least a 10 years of experience with a Bachelo
 rs degree needs be be established to &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underli
 ne\;&quot;&gt;initiate&lt;/span&gt; the senior membership elevation. &lt;em&gt;(A Ph.D is cons
 idered to be 5 years of significant experience and a master degree is cons
 idered to be 2 years of significant experience. The remaining 5 (with PhD)
  to 8 (with MS degree) years of significant experience should be establish
 ed from the member 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 styl
 e=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;stron
 g&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;There is no cost to becoming a Senior Member\, and this s
 tep is a necessary prelude to seeking the IEEE &amp;lsquo\;Fellow&amp;rsquo\; leve
 l. &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;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a tit
 le=&quot;Member Elevation&quot; href=&quot;https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membe
 rship/grade_elevation.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; data-saferedire
 cturl=&quot;https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;amp\;q=http://www.ieee.org/members
 hip_services/membership/grade_elevation.html&amp;amp\;source=gmail&amp;amp\;ust=15
 00048061782000&amp;amp\;usg=AFQjCNGcU3ITSjL5w7S3bDU0p1PBPKciEg&quot;&gt;https://www.ie
 ee.org/membership_services/membership/grade_elevation.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/str
 ong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-ser
 if\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;To &lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/49107
 7&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;sign up &lt;/a&gt;for &quot;Elevation&quot; Time Slot\, 
 please&lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491077&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; re
 l=&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 contacting existing senio
 r members/fellows as references\; also &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: under
 line\;&quot;&gt;bring an electronic copy of your resume&lt;/span&gt;\, and relevant supp
 orting materials (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;fo
 nt-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=
 &quot;border-width: 5px\; border-style: hidden\; margin: 5px\; float: left\;&quot; s
 rc=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/5ea456d3-1bbe-4
 7b1-808c-08da5db0e6d1&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;236&quot; height=&quot;236&quot;&gt;Here is a link to &lt;
 a href=&quot;https://www.ieee.org/membership/senior/deadlines.html&quot;&gt;useful chec
 klist&lt;/a&gt; before filing your application. Also you may seek 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 newsl
 etter - &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-si
 ze: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;* &amp;nbsp\;We reco
 mmend that if attendees cannot join us in person do look for the next even
 ts { most&amp;nbsp\; likely early 2026}.&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;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\
 ; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Online Link (TBD)
 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family
 : arial\, 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;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family: arial\, helve
 tica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;11:30 AM - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;Wra
 p up\, Clean up\, Solidify new friendships\, contacts\, networking and hea
 d off to lunch. Then we temporarily say &#39;Good bye&#39;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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