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Turkish scientist and academic (born 1954)
Abdullah Atalar
(born 11 April 1954)
[1]
is a Turkish scientist and academic. Atalar was the
Rector
of
?hsan Do?ramacı Bilkent University
,
[2]
and a professor at Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
[3]
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
,.
[4]
He was a member of
Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUB?TAK)
science board (2004-2011),
[5]
and chairman of the board of directors of TUBITAK Space (2004-2007) and TUBITAK Ulakbim (2004-2012).
[6]
He is the chairman of the board of directors of Bilkent Holding,
[7]
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.
[8]
He is married to Ay?e,
[1]
granddaughter of
?hsan Do?ramacı
, founder of
?hsan Do?ramacı Bilkent University.
[
citation needed
]
He has three sons.
[1]
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