Mihriban Pekgüleryüz

Mihriban Özden Pekgüleryüz (born 1951)[1] is a Turkish and Canadian metallurgist known for her development of light metal alloys with advanced properties, and especially for magnesium alloys and applications of these alloys in high-temperature environments such as internal combustion engines.[2] She is a professor in the Department of Mining and Material Engineering at McGill University.[3]

Pekgüleryüz graduated from the American College for Girls of Robert College in Istanbul in 1971.[4] She has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Florida, and a Ph.D. from McGill University.[3] She has worked for Noranda Mines, as a Rio Tinto Alcan research chairholder at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, and as a General Motors Canada research chairholder at McGill University. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, elected in 2015.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Pekgüleryüz, Mihriban Ö. (Mihriban Özden), 1951-", LC Name Authority File (LCNAF), Library of Congress, retrieved 2025-08-27
  2. ^ a b Fifty new Fellows and an Honorary Fellow inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (PDF), Canadian Academy of Engineering, 4 June 2015, retrieved 2025-08-27
  3. ^ a b "Mihriban Ozden Pekguleryuz", Materials Engineering, McGill University, retrieved 2025-08-27
  4. ^ "Mihriban Pekgüleryüz ACG 71 Rallies Colleagues Abroad to Provide Safe Learning Spaces", RC Quarterly, Robert College, April 2023, retrieved 2025-08-27


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