Education

Ph.D. in Urban & Regional Science, 2006

Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas  A&M University,

Dissertation Title: Assessing the Economic Revitalization Impact of Urban Design Improvements: The Texas Main Street Program. 

Master of Landscape Architecture, 1996

College of Architecture, University of Colorado at Denver,

Thesis Title: Design with Nature and Open Space in Pedestrian Malls: Urban Design Perspective

Bachelor of  Science in Landscape Architecture,

University of Ankara, Turkey, 1992

Senior Project: Assessing the Open Space System for City of Ankara, Turkey

Extracurricular Education

Graduate Teaching Academy Certification Program, Texas A&M University, 2000

Architectural Study Abroad Program in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy with Texas A&M University, Fall of 1999

Architectural Extended Study Program in Rome, Italy, with University of Colorado & U. of Washington, Summer '95

English Language Certification, Texas International Education Consortium, Austin, 1994

English Language Preparation, Graduate School of Natural & Applied Science, University of Ankara, Turkey 1993

Achievements

Full Turkish Government Scholarship for Masters and Doctoral Studies, 1994 to 2001. One of the eight winners of a nationwide selection exam in Landscape Architecture in 1993

2007 Distinguished Professor Award, Student Chapter ASLA, Texas A&M University

Academic Excellence Award, D. Port Smythe Fund Scholarship, Texas A&M University, 2005

Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning Departmental Scholarship, Texas A&M University, 2005           

Texas A&M University 2003 Kunze Award College Nominee, Among all College of Architecture Ph.D. Students (out of 80 Ph.D. Students),

Texas A&M University 2002 Graduate Teaching Award College Nominee Among all College of Architecture Teaching Assistants (out of 35 Graduate Students),

First Place in Student Research Week Poster Competition,  Humanities/Social Science I, at Texas A&M University, 2002 

Ph.D. Leadership Award, Department of Landscape Architecture &  Urban Planning, 2001

Ph.D Scholar Honor Award, Department of Landscape Architecture &  Urban Planning, 2001

Program to Enhance Scholarly and Creative Activities Award , Texas A&M University, Additional Investigator, 2000

Ph.D Leadership Award, Department of Landscape Architecture &  Urban Planning, 2000

Ph.D Scholar Award-Honorable Mention, Department of Landscape Architecture &  Urban Planning, 2000

Departmental Travel, Teaching Assistantship and Recognition, Texas A&M University, 1999-2000

ASLA Texas Chapter Scholarship for WEB based Award Winners Archive Design, 1999

Travel Grant, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, 1998

First degree award winning design for the Ankara University Campus, Student Group, 1992

Teaching Assistantships:

LAND 301, CARC 321, CARC 311* Italy Program, and College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, Fall of 1999

LAND 421 (Undergraduate Final Studio), LAND 621 (Graduate Studio) Department of LAUP,  TAMU, 

Research Assistantships:

Faculty Development Abroad, University of 18 Mart, Çanakkale, Turkey, 1993 to 1999,

“Data collection for Texas Real Estate Market Reports”, with Edith Craig and Mark Dotzour,

Real Estate Center, Texas A&M University, Summer of 2005

“Archiving Huckins Image Collection”, with Ian Muise, Slide Curator, Technical Reference  Center, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University Summer of 2004

“Outdoor Areas in Assisted Living Facilities”, with Dr. Susan Rodiek, Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Texas A&M University Summer of 2003

 “WEB Based Award Winners Archive Research and Web Design ” with Tom Woodfin, Associate Dean, College of Architecture, Summer 1999, & 2002

 “Designing a Web site for Department of Landscape Arch. & Urban Planning” with Dr. George Rogers, Department Head Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Summer 2001

“Pedestrian Adaptation in the Post-Modern City”, with Dr. Robin F. Abrams, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Texas A&M University Summer, 2000

Seidel, A., Holden, G., & Ozdil, Taner R.(June, 2006). What an Architect Needs to Know According to Principles of Firms: International Comparisons, Architectural Science Review, 49.2;196-203,

Abrams, R., & Özdil, H., & Özdil, Taner R. (September-October, 2001). Towards Sharing Civic Space: Pedestrian Adaptation Tales, Tepe XXI Journal, 10;68-75,

Ozdil, Taner R. (2006). Does Design Matter in Downtown Revitalization? Assessing the Main Street Program Approach in Texas Cities, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA & CSLA), Conference Paper (Abstract is in proceedings, not presented), Vancouver, Canada.

Woodfin, T., & Ozdil, Taner R. (2006). Teaching from an Archive of Excellence, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA & CSLA), C. Paper, Vancouver, Canada.

Ozdil, Taner R., & Seidel, Andrew (October, 2004). Urban Design Creating Jobs: Does the Downtown Revitalization Main Street Program have an impact on the overall city economy? ACSP 2004, Conference Paper, Portland USA.

Ozdil, Taner R., & Seidel, Andrew (September, 2003). Urban Design and Downtown Revitalization: Assessing the impact of the Texas Main Street.  Research on the Built & Virtual Environment: Global Symposium Presentations, Texas A&M University, Conference Paper, USA.

Ozdil, Taner R., and Seidel, Andrew "Urban Design and Downtown Revitalization : Assessing the impact of the Texas Main Street", AESOP-ACSP Joint Congress , Conference Paper, Leuven Belgium, July 2003.

Seidel, Andrew, and Ozdil, Taner R., "International Knowledge Needs of Urban Designers", AESOP-ACSP Joint Congress, Conference Paper,  Leuven Belgium, July 2003.

Ozdil, Taner R., and Seidel, Andrew "Assessing the Economic Revitalization Impact of Urban Design Improvements: The Texas Main Street Program", ACSP , Conference Paper, Baltimore November 2002.

Abrams, Robin, Ozdil, Hulya, and Ozdil, Taner R. “Towards Sharing Civic Space: Pedestrian Adaptation Tales”  Tepe XXI Journal, September 2001

Ozdil, Taner R. "Design Award Archive as a Teaching and Research Tool", Research on the Built & Virtual Environments: Global Symposia Presentations, Poster, Texas A&M University, 2000.

Abrams, Robin and Ozdil, Taner R. " Sharing the Civic Realm: Pedestrian Adaptation in the Postmodern City" Urban Lifes  International Conference Presentation &  Paper, University of   New Castle Upon Tyne, 2000

Woodfin, T. and Ozdil, T.R. "Design Award Archive as a Teaching and Research Tool", Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), Conference Paper, 1998

Ozdil, T. R. and Odabas, A. "Pedestrian Malls: Organization of Places through Nature and Culture", Mimar Sinan University Urban Design Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, Conference Paper, 1998.

Ozdil, T.R. "Design with Nature and Open Space in Pedestrian Malls :Urban Design Perspective", University of Colorado, Unpublished Masters Thesis, 1996.

Ozdil, T. R. Design for the Ankara University Campus, Turkish Landscape Architecture Magazine. 1991.

Web Publication: American society of Landscape Architecture Texas Chapter Award winners archive site, http://aslatx.tamu.edu/

Departmental Representative for Graduate Student Council in Texas A&M Univ., 1998 to 2002

Council Member, Urban & Regional Science Association, Texas A&M University,1999 to 2000

President, Urban & Regional Science Association, Texas A&M University,1998 to 1999

Sigma Lambda Alpha Landscape Architecture Honor Society, 1999 to 2000

Vice President, Ph.D. in Urban & Regional Science Association, Texas A&M Univ., 1997 to 1998

Vice President, International Student Association, College of Architecture, University of Colorado at Denver, 1995-1996

Member, Turkish American Scientist Association, 2003 to present

Member, Turkish Student Association, Texas A&M University, 1996 to present

Member, Europe Club, Texas A&M University, 1996 to 2003

Private landscaping projects for Tasucu Coastal Park and a hotel in Tasucu Mersin, Turkey, in 1993

Assisted with various housing and urban landscape projects in Ankara, Turkey, 1992 - 1993

Internship, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Ankara, summer of 1992

• Web designer and administrator for Texas ASLA Award Winners Archive Site

• Operating Systems: UNIX (Solaris, IRIX), Windows (XP/NT/98/95), MacOS

• Programming Languages: UNIX Shell programming, C, HTML, and ASP

• Drafting and Image Processing Software: AutoCAD 12 through 2005, LandCAD, 3D Studio, PhotoShop 5 through CS,

• GIS Software: ArcInfo, ArcEdit, ArcView, Intergraph, MGE

• Office Productivity Suits: FrontPage, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Access Adobe Page Maker, TypeReader

• Others Software and Libraries: OpenGL Graphics Library, SAS Statistics Software

• Familiarity with digitizing, scanning, plotting and printing platforms.