Investigation of thermochemical boriding effect on wear behavior of a GGG 50 quality as-cast ductile iron

Harun Mindivan received his BSc degree in mechanical engineering from Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey, in 1997, MS degree in metallurgical and materials engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2001 and PhD degree in metallurgical and materials engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2007. He worked as an Assistant Professor in the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department at Ataturk University in the period of 2007-2012. He continued his employment at Ataturk University, Turkey, until 2014, as an Associate Professor. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Bilecik S.E University, Bilecik, Turkey. His research areas are mechanical metallurgy, physical metallurgy, powder metallurgy, welding metallurgy, heat treatment of steels, copper and aluminum alloys, corrosion, intergranular corrosion and stress corrosion cracking, surface treatment of metal and alloys, recycling of aluminum and magnesium chips and tribology. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed research articles, which have been published in major scientific journals and presented at conferences. He is also reviewer for more than 10 international journals.