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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 May 23rd\, 2
 026 between 9 am and 10:30 AM (EDT USA). This is the 4th such event of 202
 6\, being held.\n\nThe way it works is:\n\nAt least a 10 years of experien
 ce with a Bachelors degree needs be established to initiate the senior mem
 bership elevation. (A Ph.D. is considered to be 5 years of significant exp
 erience and a master&#39;s degree is considered to be 2 years of significant e
 xperience. The remaining 5 (with PhD) to 8 (with MS degree) years of signi
 ficant experience should be established from the member experience in his/
 her profession to initiate and submit applications for Senior Member Eleva
 tion.)\n\nNote: There is no cost to becoming a Senior Member\, and this st
 ep is a necessary prelude to seeking the IEEE ‘Fellow’ level. For a co
 mplete description of the Senior Member process and its benefits\, see the
  link at: https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/grade_elevat
 ion.html\n\nTo[sign up](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/556888)for &quot;Eleva
 tion&quot; Time Slot\, please[register on this site](https://events.vtools.ieee
 .org/m/556888)for the event and we will have several existing senior membe
 rs/fellows also attend so they can get familiar with you and act as refere
 nces\; also bring an electronic copy of your resume\, and relevant support
 ing materials (list of papers published\, standards work done\, patents\, 
 senior/leadership positions\, etc.).\n\n[]Here is a link to [useful checkl
 ist](https://www.ieee.org/membership/senior/deadlines.html) before filing 
 your application. Also you may seek to contact or network with other South
 eastern Michigan Section members who were upgraded to senior status. You m
 ay find some of them profiled in our monthly newsletter - [Wavelengths](ht
 tps://r4.ieee.org/sem/about-sem/sem-history/wavelengths-magazine-archive/)
 !\n\nNetworking:\n\n* We recommend that if attendees cannot join us in per
 son do look for the next events { most will be scheduled all thru 2026}.\n
 \nCo-sponsored by: Mohamad Berri\, Sreekanth Narayan\, Aneesh Mathai\n\nSp
 eaker(s): Mohamad Berri\, Sharan Kalwani\, Sreekanth Narayan\, Aneesh\n\nA
 genda: \nOnline Link (TBD)\n\n9:00 AM - Introductions and how Elevation pr
 ocessing works....\n\n10:30 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/556888
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/556888
ORGANIZER:chair@ieee-sem.org
SEQUENCE:12
SUMMARY:Senior Member Elevation (a VIRTUAL Event!)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/556888
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;May 23rd\, 2026 between 9 am and 10:30 AM (EDT USA). This is the 4th such
  event of 2026\, being held.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;f
 ont-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\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;At least a 10 
 years of experience with a Bachelors degree needs 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 experi
 ence and a master&#39;s degree is considered to be 2 years of significant expe
 rience. The remaining 5 (with PhD) to 8 (with MS degree) years of signific
 ant experience should be established from the member experience in his/her
  profession to initiate and submit applications for Senior Member Elevatio
 n.)&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 is no cost to bec
 oming a Senior Member\, and this step is a necessary prelude to seeking th
 e 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;/spa
 n&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;_bla
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 html&amp;amp\;source=gmail&amp;amp\;ust=1500048061782000&amp;amp\;usg=AFQjCNGcU3ITSjL5
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 ade_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-fa
 mily: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;To&lt;a href=&quot;https
 ://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/556888&quot;&gt; sign up &lt;/a&gt;for &quot;Elevation&quot; Time Slot
 \, please&lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/556888&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;
  rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt; register on this site&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decorat
 ion: underline\;&quot;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;or the event and we will have several existing s
 enior members/fellows also attend so they can get familiar with you and ac
 t as references\; also&amp;nbsp\;&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:
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 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 
 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\; f
 ont-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Online Link (TBD)&lt;/s
 trong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family: a
 rial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;9:00 AM - Introductions and how &lt;span sty
 le=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;Elevation processing works....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/s
 pan&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica
 \, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;10:30 AM - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;Wrap up
 \, Clean up\, Solidify new friendships\, contacts\, networking and head of
 f 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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