Graduate Research Assistant
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

blasiak2@illinois.edu

Biography

Riley Blasiak is a Ph.D. student in the Water Resources Engineering and Science area in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on sustainable stormwater management systems, leveraging both gray and green infrastructure.

Riley received her B.S. in Civil Engineering and B.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in 2022. As an undergraduate, Riley was active in research and served as Project Manager for the Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe teams.

Research Topics

• Green stormwater infrastructure
• Drainage system modeling

Education

• B.S. in Civil Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 2022
• B.S. in Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 2022

Awards

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship