Abdullah Atalar (born April 11, 1954) is a Turkish scientist and academic. Atalar was the

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of İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, and a professor at Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He received B.S. degree from Middle East Technical University, in 1974, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University in 1976 and 1978, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. His thesis work was on reflection acoustic microscopy. Atalar is a member of Turkish Academy of Sciences,. He was a member of Scientific and Technological Research Council (TÜBİTAK) science board (2004-2011), and chairman of the board of directors of TUBITAK Space (2004-2007) and TUBITAK Ulakbim (2004-2012). He is the chairman of the board of directors of Bilkent Holding, the endowment company owned wholly by Bilkent University. He is a recipient of TUBITAK's science award (1994). He is a fellow of the IEEE. He is married to Ayşe, granddaughter of İhsan Doğramacı, founder of ''İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University.''

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Official Web Page"Abdullah Atalar", sozluk.sourtimes.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Atalar, Abdullah Fellow Members of the IEEE Turkish electrical engineers 1954 births Living people Stanford University School of Engineering alumni Middle East Technical University alumni Academic staff of Bilkent University People from Gaziantep Rectors of universities and colleges in Turkey Recipients of TÜBİTAK Science Award Turkish expatriates in the United States Microwave engineers Electrical engineering academics