The 2025 NCSEA Structural Engineering Summit will feature a can’t-miss keynote presentation on Friday, October 17 at 11 a.m. ET, exploring how structural engineering firms can take meaningful steps to implement artificial intelligence tools.
Titled “Small Teams with Big Impacts: Taking the Next Steps with AI Adoption,” this keynote brings together members of the NCSEA Foundation’s AI Grant Team to share real-world examples of how small structural engineering teams are using artificial intelligence to transform workflows and business models. The keynote builds on last year’s popular “Getting Started with AI” session, showing how data, automation, and custom tools can transform operations—even without a large technology budget.
Presenters include Jesse Light, S.E., P.E. (SML); Ayush Singhania, P.E. (HOK Group); and Sheng Zheng, P.E. (Martin/Martin).
Members of the NCSEA AI Grant Team, which is spearheading the keynote, include Light, Singhania and Zheng, along with John-Michael Wong, PhD, S.E. (KPFF); Aditya Kaushik, P.E. (Walter P. Moore); Dave Martin, S.E. (Degenkolb); Andrew Sundal, AIA, P.E. (HGA); and Emre Toprak, PhD, P.E. (WSP).
Attendees will come away with practical guidance on identifying useful business and engineering data, evaluating available AI tools, and building a roadmap for AI training and implementation—whether through in-house development or outside resources. The AI Grant Team will also host a group discussion following the keynote for anyone looking to dig deeper.
This keynote is sponsored by AISC.
For those ready to get hands-on with AI tools, NCSEA will host a pre-conference workshop—AI Applications for Structural Engineers—on Tuesday, October 14, with two tracks for different experience levels.
The 2025 NCSEA Structural Engineering Summit will be held October 14–17 in New York City. Learn more and register here.