Ozlem Kilic is the Vice Provost and Founding Dean of the College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies (CECS).
Prior to joining the Provost’s office, Ozlem served as the Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs at the Tickle College of Engineering. As part of her associate dean responsibilities, she also co-supervised the Heath Integrated Business and Engineering program in partnership with the Haslam College of Business. She has led multiple initiatives designed to enhance student recruitment and retention, such as the establishment of Student Success and Women in Engineering offices in engineering.
She led the administrative operations across all colleges for the launch of the intercollegiate data science minor — the first intercollegiate undergraduate program at UT, with collaboration among the Tickle College of Engineering; College of Arts and Sciences; Haslam College of Business; College of Communication and Information; Herbert College of Agriculture; College of Education, Health and Human Sciences; College of Architecture and Design; College of Nursing; and the College of Social Work — and served as its executive director until the program transferred to CECS. It is this work that led to the discussions on how to improve intercollegiate education on campus ultimately leading to the launch of CECS.
Prior to coming to UT, Ozlem served in various leadership roles such as the department chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and as the associate dean of engineering at the Catholic University of America. . She has also worked as an electronics engineer at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory where she managed Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Programs, and as a program manager at Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications.