Natalia Romero

Natalia Romero is a Postdoctoral Researcher working on mathematical modelling for smart grids within the Algorithmics Group of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS/EWI), Delft University of Technology.

Natalia focuses on analyzing system-of-systems problems through mathematical optimization methods. She is particularly interested in developing new algorithms and formulations that capture system's interdependencies, uncertainty and risk for civil infrastructure systems problems.

She is developing and applying algorithms that provide a foundation for planning and scheduling flexible electric-energy consumption under market and power constraints.

In 2007, Natalia Romero began pursuing a PhD at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.  Her research focused on analyzing complex infrastructure systems’ performance under normal operating conditions and extreme events, like earthquakes and intentional attacks. While completing her doctoral research, she joined an interdisciplinary consortium conducting a bus rapid transportation feasibility study of metropolitan Asuncion, Paraguay. In June 2012 she began postdoctoral research at Cornell University to improve models and analyses of infrastructure systems, such as power and rail transportation networks. Natalia's postdoctoral work at Cornell had two main contributions: a mathematical model that considers population exposure equity to support decision making for hazardous materials transportation and a probabilistic seismic hazard model of New Zealand. In January 2018, she started working as a postdoctoral researcher with the Algorithmics group at TU Delft.

Honors:

Peer reviewed publications

Conference Proceedings:

  • Brown, N., Gearhart, J.L., Jones, D.A., Nozick, L.K., Romero, N., and Xu, N. (2013) "Multi-Objective Optimization for Bridge Retrofit to Address Earthquake Hazards" in Proceedings of Winter Simulation Conference 2013.
  • Brown, N., Gearhart, J.L., Jones, D.A., Nozick, L.K., Xu, N., and Romero, N. (2011) "Optimization of Scenario Construction for Loss Estimation in Lifeline Networks" in Proceedings of Winter Simulation Conference 2011.
  • Romero, N., O'Rourke, T.D., Nozick, L.K., and Davis. C.A. (2009). “Los Angeles water supply response to 7.8 Mw earthquake,” in Proceedings of TCLEE 2009: Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment.
  • Davis, C.A., Romero, N., and O’Rourke, T.D.  (2009) “Simulation of Los Angeles Water Supply and Distribution in Response to a M7.8 San Andreas Earthquake,” Proceedings of 6th Taiwan-US- Japan Workshop on Water System Seismic Practices, Taipei, Taiwan, October 14-15.
  • Saldarriaga, J.G, Moreno, M., Romero, N., and Cortes, O. (2008) “Prioritized rehabilitation of water distribution networks using dissipated power concept to reduce non-revenue water,” in Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008, ASCE.

Other publications

  • Avila, C., Bright, R., Gutierrez, J., Hoadley, K., Manuel, C., Romero, N. and Rodriguez, M.P. (2015) Guatemala Health System Assessment, August 2015. Bethesda, MD: Health Finance & Governance Project, Abt Associates Inc.

Projects

  • NWO URSES+ Future-Proof Flexible Charging (2017-2019). Project leader: Mathijs de Weerdt; programmer: Koos van der Linden.
  • NWO URSES GCP project (2014-2018). Project leader: Mathijs de Weerdt; PhD students: Rens Philipsen and Erwin Walraven.

N.R. (Natalia Romero) Lane

Visiting Address
Building 28
Room:280 East 3rd floor
Van Mourik Broekmanweg 6
2628 XE Delft
The Netherlands

Mailing Address
EEMCS, Algorithmics
P.O. Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft
The Netherlands