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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. We will also feature their profile in the next edition of W
 avelengths.\n\nSenior Member Elevation:\n\nIEEE SEM Section Membership Com
 mittee will reprise its Senior Member Elevation event\, on November 7th\, 
 2026 between 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM (EST/EDT) .\n\nThe way it works is :\n\n
 At least a 10 years of experience with BS 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/569325)for &quot;Elevation&quot; Time Slot\, please[register on this site](htt
 ps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/569325)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 do look for the next events { most 
 likely once again in early October}.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Sharan Kalwani\n\
 nSpeaker(s): Mohamad Berri\, Sharan Kalwani\n\nAgenda: \n08:00 AM - Introd
 uctions and Elevation processing.\n10:30 AM - Wrap up\, Clean up\, Solidif
 y new friendships\, contacts\, networking and head off to get a bite to ea
 t. Then we temporarily say &#39;Good bye&#39;\n\nALL times are in EST/EDT time zon
 e\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/583397
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/583397
ORGANIZER:mberri@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:16
SUMMARY:Senior Member Elevation (VIRTUAL Event!)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/583397
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. We will also feature their profile in the next edition of Wavelengths.&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: 14
 pt\;&quot;&gt;IEEE SEM Section Membership Committee will reprise its Senior Member
  Elevation event\, on N&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\;&quot;&gt;ovember 7
 th\,&amp;nbsp\; 2026 between&amp;nbsp\; 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM &lt;span style=&quot;text-dec
 oration: underline\;&quot;&gt;(EST/EDT)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;
 &quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\
 , sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p
 &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14p
 t\;&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 BS degree needs be be established
  to&amp;nbsp\;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;initiate&lt;/span&gt; the s
 enior membership elevation. &lt;em&gt;(A Ph.D is considered to be 5 years of sig
 nificant experience and a master degree is considered to be 2 years of sig
 nificant experience. The remaining 5 (with PhD) to 8 (with MS degree) year
 s of significant experience should be established from the member experien
 ce in his/her profession to initiate and submit applications for Senior Me
 mber Elevation.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, hel
 vetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: &lt;/strong&gt;There is n
 o 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 d
 escription 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-f
 amily: 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.c
 om/url?hl=en&amp;amp\;q=http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/gra
 de_elevation.html&amp;amp\;source=gmail&amp;amp\;ust=1500048061782000&amp;amp\;usg=AFQ
 jCNGcU3ITSjL5w7S3bDU0p1PBPKciEg&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 s
 tyle=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;To 
 &lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/569325&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noo
 pener&quot;&gt;sign up &lt;/a&gt;for &quot;Elevation&quot; Time Slot\, please&lt;a href=&quot;https://even
 ts.vtools.ieee.org/m/569325&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt; register on t
 his site&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;or t
 he event and consider contacting existing senior members/fellows as refere
 nces\; also &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;bring an electronic
  copy of your resume&lt;/span&gt;\, and relevant supporting materials (list of p
 apers published\, standards work done\, patents\, senior/leadership positi
 ons\, etc.).&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetic
 a\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;border-width: 5px\; border
 -style: hidden\; margin: 5px\; float: left\;&quot; src=&quot;https://events.vtools.i
 eee.org/vtools_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.or
 g/membership/senior/deadlines.html&quot;&gt;useful checklist&lt;/a&gt; before filing you
 r application. Also you may seek to contact or network with other Southeas
 tern 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;Wavelen
 gths&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;Networkin
 g:&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 can
 not join us in do look for the next events { most&amp;nbsp\; likely once again
  in early October}.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;fo
 nt-size: 14pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;08:00 AM - 
 Introductions and &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;Elevation pro
 cessing&lt;/span&gt;. &amp;nbsp\;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-fami
 ly: 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\, n
 etworking and head off to get a bite to eat. Then we temporarily say &#39;Good
  bye&#39;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;ALL times 
 are in EST/EDT time zone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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