Ashlynn Suzanne Stillwell holds the rank of Associate Professor in both the Civil and Environmental Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering departments at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Grainger College of Engineering. She also serves as an Education Innovation Fellow and Prairie Research Institute Affiliate, with affiliations in the Center for Social & Behavioral Science. Her research focuses on water-energy nexus challenges, power systems optimization, and sustainable infrastructure design with interdisciplinary applications in environmental engineering and thermoelectric systems. Key research areas include water quality in building systems, residential water and energy consumption patterns, and machine learning applications in infrastructure analysis. She has contributed to over 99 peer-reviewed publications and datasets, including work on water multilayer networks in China. Notable honors include the AEESP Teaching Award (2018), NSF CAREER Award (2019), and UCOWR Early Career Award (2019). Recent work emphasizes balancing environmental, economic, and operational factors in infrastructure systems. Articles highlight innovative approaches to water usage analysis, energy-efficient heating systems, and classification algorithms for resource management. Her research group collaborates internationally, addressing challenges in thermoelectric water usage and sustainable urban planning.









