Carolyn Hansson | |
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| Born | Carolyn Russell March 15, 1941 Hazel Grove, Cheshire, England |
| Occupation | Metallurgist |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.Sc., Ph.D., physical metallurgy, Imperial College London |
| Thesis | Lattice parameters and superconducting properties of alloys based on lead and idium (1966) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Queen's University University of Waterloo |
Carolyn M. Hansson CM FRSC (nee Russell; March 15, 1941) is a Canadian materials engineer. She was the first female student to attend the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College, London, and the first woman to graduate with a PhD in metallurgy from there. Hansson was honoured for pioneering a monitoring system for evaluating the integrity of concrete structures.