There are many benefits to becoming an IEEE Senior Member:
• The professional recognition of your peers for technical and professional excellence
• An attractive fine wood and bronze engraved Senior Member plaque to proudly display.
• Up to $25 gift certificate toward one new Society membership.
• A letter of commendation to your employer on the achievement of Senior member grade
(upon the request of the newly elected Senior Member.)
• Announcement of elevation in Section/Society and/or local newsletters, newspapers and notices.
• Eligibility to hold executive IEEE volunteer positions.
• Can serve as Reference for Senior Member applicants.
• Invited to be on the panel to review Senior Member applications.
The requirements to qualify for Senior Member elevation are, a candidate shall be an engineer, scientist, educator, technical executive or originator in IEEE-designated fields. The candidate shall have been in professional practice for at least ten years and shall have shown significant performance over a period of at least five of those years.”
To apply, the Senior Member application form is available in 3 formats: Online, downloadable, and electronic version. For more information or to apply for Senior Membership, please see the IEEE Senior Member Program website: http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/smprogram.html

New Senior Members
The following individuals were elevated to Senior Membership Grade thru April:

Walters K. Arnold
Raymond G. Beausoleil
Christopher A. Bower
Srisakdi Charmonman
G. Cincotti
Paul A. Crump
Antonio D’Alessandro
Dennis J. Derickson
Sarah D. Dods
John E. Epler
Shanhui Fan
Wei Gao
Matthew S. Goodman
Kazuo Hagimoto
Amr S. Helmy
J. H. Hines
Ying Hu
Olivier Louis Jerphagnon
Thomas J. Karr
Sung J. Kim
Ut-Va Koc
Hongbing Lei
Richard G. Madonna
Ting Mei
Shigeru Nakagawa
Nobuhiko Nishiyama
Susumu Noda
U. Olin
Rudiger Paschotta
Silvia M. Pietralunga
Paras Prasad
James J. Raftery, Jr.
James A. Schlaffer
Vitor M. Schneider
Joseph E. Sluz
Leo H. Spiekman
John J. Stankus
Rengarajan Sudharsanan
Stephen J. Sweeney
Edward W. Taylor
Yi-Ping Wang