Yalçın Ayaslı (born 1946) is a

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business executive and electrical engineer.

Biography

A graduate of the Ankara Atatürk High School, Ayaslı received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the

Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The ...

Electrical Engineering Department in 1968. Yalcin Ayasli received his M.S.E.E. and Sc.D. degrees from

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

in 1973 and worked as a faculty member and Deputy Department Chair at the METU Electrical Engineering Department for six years. A

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(MA) resident in 1979-2006, and NH resident since 2006, Ayasli has conducted theoretical and experimental studies on Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuit techniques involving GaAs Field-Effect Transistors and related devices. He began his professional career at the MA based Raytheon's research division. In 1985, he founded Hittite Microwave Corporation, a public company traded on

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, in Chelmsford, MA. The company is a supplier of mixed signal RFIC and Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuit components and subsystems for wireless and telecommunication markets. After serving as the company's CEO and Chairman of the Board for 20 years, Ayasli served as Chairman Emeritus until the company was purchased by

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Inc. in 2014 for $2.45 billion. In 2017 he sold the airline

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to the SBK Holding of

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. Ayaslı is the author of numerous scientific papers in this research area and holds 15 patents. He was the General Chairman for the 1987

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Microwave and Millimeter Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium. Ayaslı is founder and chairman of two US public charitable organizations;

Turkish Cultural Foundation The Turkish Cultural Foundation promotes and preserves Turkish culture and heritage worldwide, and places special emphasis on education for disadvantaged students in Turkey and abroad. Created in 2000, the Foundation seeks to help build cultural b ...

and Turkish Coalition of America. Both organizations have offices in

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and

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. Ayaslı also established the Culinary Arts Center and Cultural Heritage Preservation and Natural Dyes Laboratory in Istanbul. In 2012, he donated the Ayasli Research Center to his alma mater,

Engineering Department. Yalcin Ayaslı also is a member of the High Advisory Board of the World Turkish Business Council. The board last met in Istanbul on June 7, 2012. In addition, Ayaslı is an investor in the

, Armaggan and Nar companies in Turkey.

Awards

* 1986 IEEE Microwave Prize * 1994 IEEE Fellow for contribution to the design and development of wide-band gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs). * 2011 Macedonia Friendship Award.

References

External links

Turkish Cultural Foundation

Turkish Coalition of America

Cultural Heritage Preservation and Natural Dyes Laboratory

Culinary Arts Center

Yalcin Ayasli Homepage

Serpil Ayasli Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ayasli, Yalcin 1946 births Turkish chief executives Living people MIT School of Engineering alumni Turkish emigrants to the United States Middle East Technical University alumni Turkish electrical engineers Microwave engineers Academic staff of Middle East Technical University