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 Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The university emphasizes research and education in engineering a ...

, 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

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. Atalar is a member of

Turkish Academy of Sciences The Turkish Academy of Sciences ( tr, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi – TÜBA) is an autonomous scholarly association aimed at promoting scientific activities in Turkey. Although it is attached to the office of the Prime Minister and is largely fund ...

,. 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 Professor İhsan Doğramacı (3 April 1915 – 25 February 2010) was a Turkish paediatrician, entrepreneur, philanthropist, educationalist and college administrator of Iraqi Turkmen descent born in today's Erbil, Iraq then Ottoman Emp ...

, 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