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
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, Ηanakkale, 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
Research
& Publications
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/
Proffessional
Affiliations
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