R. Joseph Stratman, executive vice president of Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., USA, has been appointed president of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) for 2011–2012. He will succeed former president William P. Breedlove, executive vice president, marketing and business development, Harsco Metals and Minerals, Seven Fields, Pa., USA. Stratman has been an Executive Vice President of Nucor since September 2007 and was Vice President and General Manager of Nucor-Yamato Steel Company from 1999 to 2007. He maintained a position as Vice President of Nucor Steel, Norfolk, Nebraska in 1999 and he remained General Manager there from 1998 to 1999; Stratman was the controller of Nucor-Yamato Steel Company from 1991 to 1998; and the Controller of Nucor Building Systems, Waterloo, Indiana from 1989 to 1991.