AISC appoints vice president of certification

The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has named Roberta L. Marstellar, P.E., as vice president of certification. Previously she was director of the Steel Solutions Center, an AISC subsidiary that provides cost and scheduling information about steel projects and answers technical questions on steel design and construction.

In her new position, Marstellar is responsible for developing certification standards, promoting certification to fabricators, erectors, and the marketplace, and the day-to-day management of the Quality Management Co., the firm that conducts audits of certified fabricators and erectors.

Marstellar is a licensed professional engineer who joined AISC in 2000 after working as a project engineer at Halvorson Kaye in Chicago and as an associate structural engineer for Fluor Daniel in Greenville, S.C. She has an M.S. degree in building construction from the University of Florida and a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.