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 September:

Manas K. Bose
Igal Brener
Andrew R. Chraplyvy
Marla L. Dowell
Rene-Jean Essiambre
Avishay Eyal
Brian Gollsneider
Akihiko Kasukawa
Alan R. Kost
Pamela Kwong
Changsheng Li
Christina M. Lim
Elisabeth Marley Koontz
Ronald M. Reano
Randal A. Salvatore
Xiao-Wei Sun
Heung S. Tae
Christopher A. Tagg
Xu Wang
Hongjun Zeng