William L. Reilly, P.E.

B.S., M.S.

Civil, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering

Mr. Reilly earned a Master of Science Degree in Civil and Coastal Engineering under Dr. Donald N. Slinn at the University of Florida.  He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering with honors from North Carolina State University, with an emphasis in hydraulic engineering.  As a professional engineer for Olsen Associates Inc., Mr. Reilly is involved in all aspects of coastal engineering projects including research, field data collection, design, permitting, construction management, and project monitoring.

Since joining Olsen Associates, Inc. in 2005, Mr. Reilly has worked closely with senior engineers.  His coastal engineering experience includes coastal processes analysis, historical shoreline and volume change analysis, statistical storm return period analysis, storm damage modeling, post-storm beach condition assessment, numerical modeling of spectral and monochromatic waves, littoral transport modeling, geotechnical analysis for the development of beach nourishment borrow areas, beach nourishment design, construction performance assessment for economic optimization, construction management and oversight, and post-construction performance monitoring.  Mr. Reilly also has extensive field experience, including topographic and hydrographic surveying of beaches and inlets, tidal hydraulic surveying of marinas, and offshore geotechnical surveying to identify beach-compatible sand deposits.

Mr. Reilly most recently served as project engineer for the offshore sand borrow area investigation at Hilton Head Island, SC.  He is presently helping to manage the monitoring of multiple beach nourishment projects in the southeastern United States, including the Broward County, Florida Federal Shore Protection Project - Segment III, the Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 2006/07 Beach Renourishment Project, and the Pensacola Beach, Florida Post-Ivan Beach Renourishment Project.

During his time as a graduate student at the University of Florida, Mr. Reilly participated in a wide variety of numerical investigations including shear and pressure gradient analysis as well as the intiation of a coupled beach morphology model.  Mr. Reilly completed two internships at the Field Research Facility in Duck, North Carolina, and during these internships obtained field experience in bathymetric surveying, wave analysis, and conducting daily public tours of the research facility.

Mr. Reilly is a registered professional engineer in the State of Florida and a member of the Chi Epsilon Engineering Honor Society, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association.  He has authored numerous engineering reports and has helped publish multiple technical papers related to ongoing projects or research interests which were presented at technical conferences.