Robert Franklin Mehl

Robert Franklin Mehl (March 30, 1898 – January 29, 1976) was an American metallurgist. [1] [2] Mehl was noted for transforming of nineteenth-century metallurgy into the modern materials science.[2] He was the founder and the head of a division of Physical metallurgy at the Naval Research Laboratory and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[2] The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers established a gold medal award in his name in 1973.[1] [3]

  1. ^ a b "Robert Mehl, Metallurgist, Carnegie‐Mellon Professor". The New York Times. January 31, 1976
  2. ^ a b c National Academies Press:Biographical Memoirs V.78 (2000);ROBERT FRANKLIN MEHL, by Cyril Stanley Smith and William W. Mullins
  3. ^ Institute of Metals Lecture/Mehl Award Subcommittee