March 01, 2012

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has elevated Misha Pavel, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor, Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, to the grade of Senior Member.

Senior Member is the highest professional grade of the IEEE. It requires experience and reflects professional accomplishment and maturity. Only 8 percent of the organization's 400,000 members have achieved this level.

"We are very pleased to have Michael Pavel join the elite rank of IEEE Senior Members," said Moshe Kam, Ph.D., PF, IEEE President and CEO. "We look forward to additional contributions, successful projects and discoveries by or associated with our new Senior Member."

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