grss MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS GRSS Members Elevated to Senior Member in March-May 2016 S ◗ ◗ ◗ ◗ ◗ ◗ ◗ ◗ ◗ enior membership of the IEEE has several distinct benefits, including 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 a US$25.00 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) an announcement of elevation in your Section/Society and/or local newsletters, newspapers, and notices the eligibility to hold executive IEEE volunteer positions the ability to serve as a reference for Senior Member applicants an invitation to be on the panel to review Senior Member applications the eligibility for election to IEEE Fellow. MARCH ApRil MAy Saeid Homayouni Ottawa Section Guangjian Yan Beijing Section Salem El-Nimri Northern Virginia Section Matthew Klaric Northern Virginia Section Andrea Marinoni Italy Section Piotr Samczynski Poland Section Varsha Turkar Bombay Section Xiaobin Yin Beijing Section Mateusz Malanowski Poland Section Applications for senior membership can be obtained from the IEEE website at https://www.ieee.org/ membership_services/membership/senior/application/ index.html. You can also visit the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) website at http://www. grss-ieee.org. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MGRS.2016.2586855 Date of publication: 20 September 2016 84 GRS ieee Geoscience and remote sensing magazine September 2016https://www.ieee.org/ http://www http://www.grss-ieee.org