Recently, Tricia Ruby and Ruby+Associates, a Degenkolb Company, presented the NCSEA Foundation with a $50,000 donation to establish the David I. Ruby Endowed Scholarship, a permanent endowed scholarship to financially support a historically underrepresented student in structural engineering who is interested in structural steel. This scholarship will provide recipients with funds to help with tuition, fees, and other mandatory education costs.
“It’s a privilege to honor my father’s legacy in structural engineering and passion for steel construction through this endowed scholarship. He has been a leader in the profession throughout his career with a particular love for mentoring the next generation. To be able to align this gift with a personal mission of supporting underrepresented students is a dream realized,” said Tricia Ruby, NCSEA Foundation Board of Directors President.
The scholarship honors the 60-year career of David I. Ruby, PE, SE founder of Ruby+Associates, a structural engineering firm dedicated to serving the steel construction industry. Dave dedicated much of his time to improving the profession. He is a past Director of NCSEA, a founding member and past President of Structural Engineering Association of Michigan (SEAMi), former Chairman of Coalition of American Structural Engineers (CASE), former member of the AISC Code of Standard Practice, Committee on Research, and Co-Chair of the Blast & Impact Resistant Design Task Group. He received the 2011 AISC Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2022 AISC J. Lloyd Kimbrough Award. He is also the author of AISC Design Guide #23, “Constructability of Structural Steel Buildings.”
The NCSEA Diversity in Structural Engineering Scholarship program was established by the NCSEA Foundation in 2021 to award funding to students who have been historically underrecognized in structural engineering (including but not limited to Black/African American, Native/Indigenous American, Hispanic/Latino or Spanish, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and other people of color, those with disabilities, veterans, and LGBTQIA+). Multiple scholarships are presented annually to junior college students, undergraduate students, and/or graduate students pursuing degrees in structural engineering.
To learn more about the NCSEA Foundation or to donate, please visit http://www.ncsea.com/about/foundation/ or contact Al Spada, Executive Director, at (312) 649-4600 Ext. 201 or aspada@ncsea.com.