The EduCom Chair is appointed for a one-year term by the President as per the NPSS Bylaws. The other members of EduCom are ex officio. In addition to the ex officio members, temporary members will be added by the discretion of the EduCom Chair as organizers of the various educational activities such as schools.

EduCom Roles and Responsibilities:

• be responsible for the NPSS Schools
• identifying supportive local organizers to share work and costs with NPSS
• assembling teams to organize and run Schools
• create an inclusive and diverse environment by organizing Women in Engineering and Young Professional Events during our educational activities
• managing the annual budget for Schools
• identify and help establish new educational initiatives in collaboration with Technical Communities
• identify hosts and speakers for NPSS educational activities
• create and maintain an EduCom page on the NPSS web site

Any NPSS member can apply for an Educational Activity and optionally request funds for travel or some equipment. The activity must align with the Society’s strategic goals. A representative of EduCom must be involved in the organization of the school and the definition of the program. The application must be sent to the the EduCom chair Martin Grossmann (martin.grossmann@ieee.org) and will then be reviewed by the NPSS Educational Committee. Deadline is October 1st of each year for requests for the following year. The decision will then be made at the November NPSS AdCom meeting each year. The committee can also help to identify lecturers and give general advice. Please use the Word form below:

NPSS Educational Activity Application Form (docx)

Please also see the ‘Checklist for Local Organizers‘ and an ‘Example Budget‘.

If an Educational Activity gets support from NPSS, it is expected that a 1-2 page report from the activity gets written to be published in the NPSS newsletter. A final financial report with all expenses and receipts must be sent to the EduCom chair for review.

The following table lists previous and future NPSS Schools.

2026

2025

2024

Past IEEE NPSS Schools