%0 Journal Article
%T Paul Mentr¨¦: A French Mathematician ¨C Engineer in Istanbul in 1926-1928
%A Feza G¨¹nergun
%J -
%D 2019
%X An Institute of Electro-mechanics was created in 1926 in the Faculty of Science of the Istanbul Dar¨¹lf¨¹nun, with the aim of initiating the teaching of engineering within the Istanbul University. Mechanical-Electrical engineers first graduated in 1929 after having studied in a 3-year programme. Teaching continued until 1935 when the Institute was transferred to the Engineering School, Y¨¹ksek M¨¹hendis Mektebi, the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) after 1944. The teaching staff included Turkish teachers along with scholars invited from France in 1926. Among these French professors was Paul Mentr¨¦ (1889-1936), a mathematician-engineer from Nancy University. Mentr¨¦ acted as the director of the Institute from 1926 to 1928, and taught courses in applied mechanics (Tatbiki Makine). Although Mentr¨¦¡¯s name is mentioned, biographical information does not appear in Turkish publications. The present paper aims to introduce the mathematician-engineer Paul Mentr¨¦ to the Turkish audience based on his obituary published in France in 1937 and the information kept in Nancy University Archives
%K Paul Mentr¨¦
%K Dar¨¹lf¨¹nun
%K Elektromekanik Enstit¨¹s¨¹
%K m¨¹hendislik e£¿itimi
%K Nancy ¨¹niversitesi
%K £¿stanbul ¨¹niversitesi
%K £¿stanbul Teknik ¨¹niversitesi
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/iuoba/issue/42241/497280