Columbus Section Senior Member Elevation

Calling Columbus IEEE members who are eligible to become a senior member of IEEE. If you met the below requirements, please attend the meeting. We also invite senior members who can serve as references. Visit Senior Member Senior Member - Home site for detail information. Members who are nominated for Senior Member elevation only requires two references. A candidate shall be an engineer, scientist, educator, technical executive or originator in IEEE-designated fields Candidates shall have been in professional practice for at least ten years Your educational experience is credited toward that time as follows: Three years if you hold a baccalaureate degree or equivalent in an IEEE-designated field Four years if you hold a master's degree or equivalent in an IEEE-designated field Five years if you hold a doctorate or equivalent in an IEEE-designated field Candidates shall have shown significant performance over a period of at least five of those years Many prospective applicants make the mistake of assuming that "significant performance" requires special awards, patents, or other extremely sophisticated technical accomplishments, but this is not the case. Substantial job responsibilities such as team leader, task supervisor, engineer in charge of a program or project, engineer or scientist performing research with some measure of success (papers), or faculty developing and teaching courses with research and publications, all are indications of significant performance. The following are also indications of significant performance: · Substantial engineering responsibility or achievement · Publication of engineering or scientific papers, books, or inventions · Technical direction, or management of important scientific or engineering work, with evidence of accomplishment · Recognized contributions to the welfare of the scientific or engineering profession · Development or furtherance of important scientific or engineering courses that fall within the IEEE designated fields of interest · Contributions equivalent to those of the above in such areas as technical editing, patent prosecution, or patent law, provided these contributions serve to advance progress substantially in IEEE designated fields Significant performance that would serve to qualify an individual for elevation to Senior member need not have occurred in the years immediately prior to the application. Thus, Life and Retired members are eligible for elevation. Be prepare to share your resume or CV to your prospective references. We look forward to helping you elevate your membership.