Line Roald

Professor Line Roald is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on power system optimization, renewable energy integration, grid resilience, and wildfire risk mitigation using stochastic optimization and data-driven methods.

• Education: PhD (2016), MS (2012), BS (2009) from ETH Zurich
• Key Research Areas: Power Systems Optimization, Renewable Energy Integration, Wildfire Risk Mitigation, Stochastic Programming, Grid Decarbonization

Her work addresses critical challenges in sustainable energy systems, including balancing grid efficiency and risk, optimizing electrolyzer scheduling for flexibility, and predicting cascading blackout severity using graph neural networks. She has developed frameworks for carbon intensity comparison and wildfire risk assessment in power systems.

Scientific Awards:

• 2024 Inclusion, Equity and Diversity in Engineering Award
• 2024 Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award
• 2023 IEEE Power Tech Best Student Paper Award
• 2021 NSF CAREER Award
• 2019 MTLE Fellow

Professor Roald mentors graduate students and teaches courses including Introduction to Optimization and On-Line Control of Power Systems. Her publications highlight innovative approaches to grid security, carbon-efficient energy markets, and climate resilience in infrastructure systems.