This document discusses IEEE membership levels and the process for promotion to Senior Member and Fellow. It provides information on requirements, benefits, timelines and procedures for applying for Senior Member and Fellow status. Key details include needing 10 years of professional experience and 3 references to apply for Senior Member, while Fellow nomination requires outstanding contributions in a field and endorsement by 5-8 references. The application and review process involves IEEE society/council evaluation followed by a Fellow committee review and final approval by the IEEE board of directors. Contact information is provided for those who can assist with the application process.

1. IEEE Membership,
promotion to Senior
and Fellow members
Edmundo Tovar / Oscar M.-Bonastre
Francisco Arcega / Manuel Castro
Manuel Gericota / Javier García-Zubia
Mani Mina
PRESENTATION
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

2. Spanish Chapter
Portugues Chapter
Education Society
PRESENTATION
Francisco Arcega / Manuel Castro
Edmundo Tovar / Oscar M.-Bonastre
Manuel Gericota / Javier Garcia-Zubia
Mani Mina
SENIOR MEMBER PROCEDURE
2017 05
http://ieee-edusociety.org/
http://www.ieec.uned.es/ES/
http://sites.ieee.org/portugal-es/

3. Chapters – IEEE EdSoc
 Types of Members at IEEE
IEEE Education Society Spain Portugal
Student 50,000 50 5 -
Graduate (Student) 35,000 120 5 1
Affiliated 5,000 35 - -
Associated 5,000 30 - -
Honorary 30 - - -
Member 195,000 1,580 65 20
Senior Member 40,000 910 70 12
Fellow 7,500 185 5 -
TOTAL (aprox.) 335,000 2,900 150 33

4. Chapters – IEEE EdSoc
 Benfits as SENIOR member
– A professional recognition to the technical and professional excellence
– A plaque in wood and bronze with the name an status as an IEEE
Senior member
– A coupon until $25.00 USA for a new member applicance
– A letter from IEEE sent as required by the new Senior Member to the
industry or academy of the new member reflecting the new status as
IEEE Senior Member
– Announcement of the status change in the reports of the
Section/Society and Chapters
– Can be elegible for executive positiosn inside IEEE (voluntareer)
– Can be reference of new IEEE Senior Member
– Can be invited to act as on-site reference for the advancement meeting
of the Senior Members

5. Chapters – IEEE EdSoc
 Requisites to be SENIOR member
– Have 3 references
– A minimum of 10 years as professional with a
remarkable activity
– Fill the web application

6. Chapters – IEEE EdSoc
 ¿How to present the form?
– Go to the link
https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/members
hip/senior/application/index.html
– Have the IEEE member number and names of the 3
references to include them in the application
– Have a short CV well developed in English
– Organice YEARLY activities since the last academic
grade, master or PhD

7. Chapters – IEEE EdSoc
 Short CV data
– A concrete summary, with demonstrable dates and
quantifiables
– Grades and titles
 BE CAREFUL, years of experience are take in account
AFTER the last academic title. (In this case, is there a
recient PhD, and in paralell there were working as teacher
or professional, is better to do not apply as PhD and apply
as the previous title. Is needed to FOCUS in the application
to separate the activities and remind that the work was in
paralell to have this into account)

8. Chapters – IEEE EdSoc
 CV data
– TEACHING experience
 Teach, theory and practical, group tutoring, etc. If is not
more precise information, NO influence in the decision as is
not remarkable, can have good or poor work
 Is necessary to determine and precise the level of student
attention, if there are surveys, better, or if they are some
Awards of the teaching at the institution, that he si really
involved in the tutoring, practical work, that bring project
base learning, teh level and implication in the work done,
evaluations and the improvement, including the years where
the new methods are used, x-y years, including each year
with the activities, teaching, levels, Bachelor, Master,
Doctorate, etc., then must be in account

9. Chapters – IEEE EdSoc
 CV data
– RESEARCH experience
 Publish a lot of papers and journal articles, the best
researcher, more than 70 articles in indexed journals and
more than 200 in the best conferences, NO influence in the
decision as is not remarkable
 But includes the best 10 (or just 5, in the appropiated years)
more important publications, with the impact index of each
journal or conference (and better if they are IEEE related),
and focus in the work done in the article, the impact in
research, shortly but focused, the sharing with several
authors, then will be having in account each in the year
provided, as gained experience and remarkable impact

10. Chapters – IEEE EdSoc
 CV data
– INDUSTRY experience
 Is general manager, project leader, auditing manager, the
best professional, 500 employees boss, but not included
where, how, the impact in the company, is NOT having in
account
 BUT is specified the year where there are enough changes,
in old positions, the final remarkable work there, the
improvement of the decision in the company, the importance
of the implementations done under the leadership, how was
teh evolution as engineer, how was the implication (in the
year provided for evaluation) as engineer or technician, how
evolve the training and competences, then si a good
practice and experience

11. Chapters – IEEE ES
 ¿How is the process?
– The candidate fill-up the application
– After this, the three references fill the reports (on-
line)
– After all is complete, the review panel grade the
eavluations (IEEE AdHoc Admission & Advancement
Review Panel), and have final decision
– The panel meet 5 or 6 times a year in different
locations along IEEE Regions
– Panel is formed by IEEE staff and IEEE Senior
Member invited in the Section and regions where the
meeting in beign cellebrated (15 to 20)

12. Chapters – IEEE EdSoc
 ¿How can support you from Chapters ?
– Supporting and advising in the filling application
process
– Finding the best three references
– Having a follow-up of the process
– Contacts and support volunteers
 Manuel Castro mcastro@ieec.uned.es
 Francisco Arcega arcegafj@unizar.es
 Manuel Gericota mgg@isep.ipp.pt
 Javier García-Zubia zubia@deusto.es

13. Chapters – IEEE EdSoc
 Links and information
– IEEE membership
http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/member
ship/grade_elevation.html
– Short video to Senior Member (in Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luw2eRocIg4

14. IEEE Fellow Program
Edmundo Tovar / Oscar M.-Bonastre
Francisco Arcega / Manuel Castro
Manuel Gericota / Javier Garcia-Zubia
Mani Mina
PRESENTATION

15.  IEEE Fellow status is granted to a
person with an extraordinary record
of accomplishments in any of the
IEEE’s designated fields of interest.
 The honor is conferred by the IEEE
Board of Directors.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR IEEE
FELLOW GRADE

16. NOMINATOR: Any person, including non-
members, are eligible to serve as a
nominator with the following exceptions:
members of the IEEE Board of Directors,
members of the IEEE Fellow Committee,
IEEE Technical Society/Council Fellow
Evaluating Committee Chairs, members of
IEEE Technical Society/Council Fellow
Evaluating Committee reviewing the
nomination, or IEEE Staff.
REQUIREMENTS FOR IEEE
FELLOW GRADE

17. CANDIDATE:
•Must be an IEEE Senior Member or IEEE Life
Senior Member.
•have accomplishments that have contributed
importantly to the advancement or application of
engineering, science and technology, bringing the
realization of significant value to society
•in good standing and he/she must have
completed five years of service in any grade of
membership.
REQUIREMENTS FOR IEEE
FELLOW GRADE

18. RESPONSIBILITIES OF A
NOMINATOR
Submit the IEEE Fellow Grade
Nomination Form by 01 March.
 Solicitation of at least five, but no more
than eight, references who are capable of
assessing the candidate’s contributions.
 Solicitation of Endorsements (optional).
 Identification of an IEEE Technical
Society/Council to evaluate the nomination.

19. THE IEEE FELLOW PROCESS
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A REFERENCE
• Submit the IEEE Fellow Grade Reference
Form by 01 March.
Eligibility: A Reference must be an IEEE Fellow in good
standing. The following individuals are ineligible to serve
as IEEE Fellow References: members of the IEEE Board
of Directors, members of the Fellow Committee, members
of the IEEE Technical Society/Council Fellow Evaluating
Committee reviewing the nomination or IEEE Staff. In
addition, a nominator may not serve as a reference for a
nomination he/she is submitting.

20. THE IEEE FELLOW PROCESS
RESPONSIBILITIES OF AN ENDORSEMENT
• Submit the IEEE Fellow Endorsement Form
by 01 March.
Eligibility: Any person, including non-members, may be an
Endorsement. The following individuals are ineligible to
serve as Endorsements: members of the IEEE Board of
Directors, members of the Fellow Committee, members of
the IEEE Technical Society/Council Fellow Evaluating
Committee reviewing the nomination or IEEE Staff. In
addition, a nominator may not serve as an endorser for a
nomination he/she is submitting.

21. THE FELLOW EVALUATION
PROCESS
TWO EVALUATIONS:
 The first evaluation is completed by the IEEE
Society/Technical Council that is identified on
the nomination form.
their comments and scores are given to the
IEEE Fellow Committee for the second
evaluation. They may not have worked in the
exact area of expertise of the Nominee.
Submittal of the slate of nominees to Board of
Directors.

22. THE FELLOW EVALUATION
PROCESS
Responsibilities of an IEEE Society/Council
Fellow Evaluating Committee Chair:
 Organize and chair a committee of experts.
 Evaluate candidates referred by the nominator.
 Review citation.
 Submit scores by 15 June.

23. THE FELLOW EVALUATION
PROCESS
Responsibilities of IEEE Fellow Committee
Members:
 Evaluate approximately 115 candidates.
 Score candidates based on the following criteria:
-Individual Contributions as Application
Engineer/Practitioner, Educator, Research
Engineer/Scientist, or Technical Leader.
- Evaluation by the IEEE Society Council.
- References and Endorsements.
- Professional Activities.
- Total years in the profession.

24. THE FELLOW EVALUATION
PROCESS
Responsibilities of Board of Directors:
 The total number of Fellow recommendations in any one-
year must not exceed one-tenth of one percent of the
voting membership on record as of 31 December of the
year preceding.

25. IEEE FELLOW NOMINATION
CATEGORIES
• Application Engineer/Practitioner – Responsible for product
development, advancement in system, application or operation, project
management or construction activity, process development,
manufacturing innovation, codes or standards development, or other
application of technology
• Educator – Responsible to advance electrical engineering and scientific
technology through education by the developing curricula and/or
courses that are innovative and unique
• Research Engineer/Scientist – Responsible for inventions, discoveries
or advances in the state of the art technological advances
• Technical Leader – Responsible for a managerial, team, or company-
wide effort using technical innovation, and resulting in outstanding
performance, economic enhancements, or other advantages to benefit
society
Individual

26. TIMELINES
Nominator Nomination Form 01 March
Reference Reference Form 01 March
Endorsement Endorsement Form 01 March
Society/Council Submit Scores 15 June
Chair
Fellow Committee Final Review September
Board of Directors Approve Slate November

27. 2017 Fellow Statistics

28. For Further Information
Web:
https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/mem
bership/fellows/index.html
Personas de contacto y apoyo
Edmundo Tovar edmundo.tovar@upm.es
Manuel Castro mcastro@ieec.uned.es
Manuel Gericota mgg@isep.ipp.pt
Javier García-Zubia zubia@deusto.es

29. IEEE Membership,
promotion to Senior
and Fellow members
Edmundo Tovar / Oscar M.-Bonastre
Francisco Arcega / Manuel Castro
Manuel Gericota / Javier García-Zubia
Mani Mina
PRESENTATION
Wednesday, May 17, 2017