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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 January 17th
  2026 between 11 am and 12 noon\n\nThe way it works is:\n\nAt least a 10 y
 ears of experience with a Bachelors degree needs be be established to init
 iate 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 member ex
 perience in his/her profession to initiate and submit applications for Sen
 ior Member Elevation.)\n\nNote: There is no cost to becoming a Senior Memb
 er\, and this step is a necessary prelude to seeking the IEEE ‘Fellow’
  level. For a complete description of the Senior Member process and its be
 nefits\, see the link at: https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/members
 hip/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](https://e
 vents.vtools.ieee.org/m/491077)for the event and we will have several exis
 ting senior members/fellows also attend so they can get familiar with you 
 and act as references\; also bring an electronic copy of your resume\, and
  relevant supporting materials (list of papers published\, standards work 
 done\, patents\, senior/leadership positions\, etc.).\n\n[]Here is a link 
 to [useful checklist](https://www.ieee.org/membership/senior/deadlines.htm
 l) before filing your application. Also you may seek to contact or network
  with other Southeastern Michigan Section members who were upgraded to sen
 ior status. You may find some of them profiled in our monthly newsletter -
  [Wavelengths](https://r4.ieee.org/sem/about-sem/sem-history/wavelengths-m
 agazine-archive/)!\n\nNetworking:\n\n* We recommend that if attendees cann
 ot join us in person do look for the next events { most will be scheduled 
 all thru 2026}.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Sreekanth Narayan\n\nSpeaker(s): Moham
 ad Berri\, Sharan Kalwani\, Sreekanth Narayan\n\nAgenda: \nOnline Link (TB
 D)\n\n11:00 AM - Introductions and how Elevation processing works....\n\n1
 1:59 AM - Wrap up\, Clean up\, Solidify new friendships\, contacts\, netwo
 rking and head off to lunch. Then we temporarily say &#39;Good bye&#39;\n\nVirtual
 : https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/530802
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/530802
ORGANIZER:mberri@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:54
SUMMARY:Senior Member Elevation (a VIRTUAL Event!)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/530802
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;January 17th 2026 between 11 am and 12 noon&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: 14
 pt\;&quot;&gt;The way it works is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify\;&quot;&gt;&lt;s
 pan style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;
 &quot;&gt;At least a 10 years of experience with a Bachelors degree needs be be es
 tablished to &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;initiate&lt;/span&gt; th
 e 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) y
 ears of significant experience should be established from the member exper
 ience 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;/strong&gt;There i
 s no cost to becoming a Senior Member\, and this step is a necessary prelu
 de to seeking the IEEE &amp;lsquo\;Fellow&amp;rsquo\; level. &amp;nbsp\; For a complet
 e 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;fon
 t-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Member Elevation&quot; hr
 ef=&quot;https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/grade_elevation.ht
 ml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; data-saferedirecturl=&quot;https://www.googl
 e.com/url?hl=en&amp;amp\;q=http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/
 grade_elevation.html&amp;amp\;source=gmail&amp;amp\;ust=1500048061782000&amp;amp\;usg=
 AFQjCNGcU3ITSjL5w7S3bDU0p1PBPKciEg&quot;&gt;https://www.ieee.org/membership_servic
 es/membership/grade_elevation.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;
 To &lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491077&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://e
 vents.vtools.ieee.org/m/491077&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt; register o
 n this site&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;o
 r the event and we will have several existing senior members/fellows also 
 attend so they can get familiar with you and act as references\; also&amp;nbsp
 \;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;bring an electronic copy of y
 our resume&lt;/span&gt;\, and relevant supporting materials (list of papers publ
 ished\, 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-s
 erif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;border-width: 5px\; border-style: hi
 dden\; margin: 5px\; float: left\;&quot; src=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vt
 ools_ui/media/display/5ea456d3-1bbe-47b1-808c-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/membersh
 ip/senior/deadlines.html&quot;&gt;useful checklist&lt;/a&gt; before filing your applicat
 ion. Also you may seek to contact or network with other Southeastern Michi
 gan 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 u
 s in person do look for the next events { most will be scheduled all thru 
 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\, helveti
 ca\, 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-ser
 if\;&quot;&gt;11:00 AM - Introductions and how &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: under
 line\;&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\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;11:59 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 tempor
 arily say &#39;Good bye&#39;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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