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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Jamie Padgett of Rice University is being presented |
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with the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Engineering from the |
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Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology in |
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May 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, Established in 2006, the O'Donnell Awards annually |
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recognize Texas-based researchers who are addressing the essential |
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role that science and technology play in society, and whose work |
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meets the highest standards of professional performance, |
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creativity, and resourcefulness; honorees are selected in five |
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categories, medicine, engineering, biological sciences, physical |
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sciences, and technology innovation, and each award includes a |
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$25,000 honorarium as well as an invitation to present at TAMEST's |
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annual conference; and |
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WHEREAS, Jamie Padgett is being recognized for her lifesaving |
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research in infrastructure sustainability and resiliency in |
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hazard-prone regions; her work focuses on identifying and |
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minimizing the risks that natural disasters and other hazards pose |
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to critical infrastructure, such as highways and industrial |
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facilities, and it has played an instrumental role in improving |
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public safety in communities across Texas and beyond; and |
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WHEREAS, A skilled educator, Ms. Padgett is the Stanley C. |
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Moore Professor in Engineering and chair of the Department of Civil |
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and Environmental Engineering at Rice University; she has further |
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distinguished herself as a Fellow of the Structural Engineering |
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Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers and as a |
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founding chair of the organization's technical committee on |
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multiple hazard mitigation; moreover, she served on the ASCE |
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reconnaissance team that assessed damage caused by Hurricane |
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Katrina, and she has represented the United States at the National |
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Academy of Engineering China-America Frontiers of Engineering |
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Symposium in China; and |
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WHEREAS, Jamie Padgett's important research efforts have |
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made a lasting, positive impact in her field, and she is truly |
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deserving of this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Jamie Padgett on her receipt of the |
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Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Engineering from the Texas |
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Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology and extend |
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to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Padgett as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |