• Professor of Practice, Multidisciplinary Engineering
Walter Olarte

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2021
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2005
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, University of San Antonio Abad (Peru), 1999

Research Interests

    • Project risk management
    • Bayesian methods
    • Project safety
    • Engineering project controls

Industry Experience

    • Project Controls Manager, TechnipFMC
    • Project Planning Manager, Shell Chemicals
    • Sr. Project Controls Consultant, USACE
    • Sr. Project Controls Engineer, KBR, Inc.
    • Sr. Project Planning Consultant, Air Liquide
    • Project Engineer, AECI
    • Field Operations Supervisor, Andritz VA Tech Hydro

Awards & Honors

  • Graduate Teaching Fellowship, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2020
  • Williams Brothers Construction Fellowship in Civil Engineering, Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2017
  • The Williams F. Urban ‘66/Beavers Heavy Construction Scholarship, Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2016

Selected Publications

  • Olarte, Walter. "An Integrated Approach to Project Planning: Reducing Uncertainty to Improve Safety and Cost." PhD diss., Texas A&M University, 2021.
  • Menendez, Jose R., Olarte, Walter E., Lopez, Freddy R. “Effects of the Size of Aggregate on the Rupture Modulus of Concrete '' Nov 1999. Article EM-28 “XII National Conference of Civil & Environmental Engineering'', Huánuco – PERU