Line Roald
Expert on electric power systems, renewable energy, transmission and distribution grids and energy system analysis. Passionate about sustainability, climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Assistant Professor College of Engineering Work: 608-265-7815 — Home and cell phones available upon request roald@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Enabling a more sustainable and resilient energy system, while ensuring that electricity can be provided in an economical and safe manner.
- Risk assessment and risk management for electric grid operations, including, e.g., wildfire ignitions from electric power lines and renewable energy variability.
- Developing methods and software implementations to model and optimize power grid operation while considering impacts of renewable energy uncertainty and climate change.
Achievements
- ECE Outstanding Graduate Mentoring Award, UW Madison, 2020
- Center for Non-Linear Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 2017-2018
- Nominated for ETH Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2016