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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 Feb 14th\, 2
 026 between 11 am and 12 noon\n\nThe way it works is:\n\nAt least a 10 yea
 rs of experience with a Bachelors degree needs be be established to initia
 te 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 expe
 rience in his/her profession to initiate and submit applications for Senio
 r 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’ l
 evel. For a complete description of the Senior Member process and its bene
 fits\, see the link at: https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membershi
 p/grade_elevation.html\n\nTo [sign up](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/49
 1077)for &quot;Elevation&quot; Time Slot\, please[register on this site](https://eve
 nts.vtools.ieee.org/m/491077)for the event and we will have several existi
 ng senior members/fellows also attend so they can get familiar with you an
 d act 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 do look for the next events { most will be scheduled al
 l thru 2026}.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Mohamad Berri\, Sreekanth Narayan\n\nSpe
 aker(s): Mohamad Berri\, Sharan Kalwani\, Sreekanth Narayan\, Aneesh\n\nAg
 enda: \nOnline Link (TBD)\n\n11:00 AM - Introductions and how Elevation pr
 ocessing works....\n\n11:59 AM - Wrap up\, Clean up\, Solidify new friends
 hips\, contacts\, networking and head off to lunch. Then we temporarily sa
 y &#39;Good bye&#39;\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/536843
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/536843
ORGANIZER:chair@ieee-sem.org
SEQUENCE:21
SUMMARY:Senior Member Elevation (a VIRTUAL Event!)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/536843
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;Feb 14th\, 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: 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;spa
 n 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 esta
 blished 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 si
 gnificant experience and a master degree is considered to be 2 years of si
 gnificant experience. The remaining 5 (with PhD) to 8 (with MS degree) yea
 rs of significant experience should be established from the member experie
 nce in his/her profession to initiate and submit applications for Senior M
 ember Elevation.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, he
 lvetica\, 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 necessary 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 a
 t:&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 Elevation&quot; href
 =&quot;https://www.ieee.org/membership_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/gr
 ade_elevation.html&amp;amp\;source=gmail&amp;amp\;ust=1500048061782000&amp;amp\;usg=AF
 QjCNGcU3ITSjL5w7S3bDU0p1PBPKciEg&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\, 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;no
 opener&quot;&gt;sign up &lt;/a&gt;for &quot;Elevation&quot; Time Slot\, please&lt;a href=&quot;https://eve
 nts.vtools.ieee.org/m/491077&quot; target=&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 we will have several existing senior members/fellows also at
 tend 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 you
 r resume&lt;/span&gt;\, and relevant supporting materials (list of papers publis
 hed\, 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-ser
 if\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;border-width: 5px\; border-style: hidd
 en\; margin: 5px\; float: left\;&quot; src=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtoo
 ls_ui/media/display/5ea456d3-1bbe-47b1-808c-08da5db0e6d1&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;23
 6&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 checklist&lt;/a&gt; before filing your applicatio
 n. Also you may seek to contact or network with other Southeastern Michiga
 n 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/se
 m/about-sem/sem-history/wavelengths-magazine-archive/&quot;&gt;Wavelengths&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/s
 pan&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 will be scheduled all thru 20
 26}.&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;11:00 AM - Introductions and how &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underli
 ne\;&quot;&gt;Elevation processing works....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;fo
 nt-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 f
 riendships\, contacts\, networking and head off to lunch. Then we temporar
 ily say &#39;Good bye&#39;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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