Dr. José M. Olmos holds a PhD (2016) from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and a Master’s in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (2000). Since 2012, he has been teaching at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), contributing to Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in Civil Engineering and BIM Methodology. With over 20 years of professional experience in structural and civil works design, he is proficient in BIM environments and structural analysis software, and he has supervised more than 30 Bachelor’s and Master’s theses. His research focuses on the dynamics of high-speed railway bridges. He is first author of six JCR-Q1 journal articles. He has presented fifteen papers at international conferences and authored four books and three book chapters. He also reviews for journals such as Structures, Engineering Structures, and Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. He is a co-principal researcher of the UPCT team in four Erasmus+ projects on BIM, LCA, and Digital Twins, leading two of them. Between 2022 and 2024, he carried out three research stays at the University of Porto on wind-induced rail traffic safety. He has been a member of ACHE since 2005 and of the Spanish Civil Engineers Association since 2000. He received the Jaume Blasco Innovation Award for his paper at the 28th International Congress of Project Management and Engineering (2024). His research and teaching emphasize sustainability and low-carbon approaches.
Polytechnic University of Cartagena
Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Jaume Blasco Innovation Award
Spanish Project Management Association (IPMA-Spain)
Awarded with the Jaume Blasco Innovation Award for the conference paper entitled “ Study of the dynamic behaviour of three high-speed trains traveling on a high-pier viaduct during an earthquake” at the 28th International Congress of Project Management and Engineering in July 2024.