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.
Mehl received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry and metallurgy from Princeton University in 1924.