| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 234 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Jamie Padgett of Rice University is being presented |
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| 6 | 6 | | with the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Engineering from the |
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| 7 | 7 | | Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology in |
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| 8 | 8 | | May 2023; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Established in 2006, the O'Donnell Awards annually |
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| 10 | 10 | | recognize Texas-based researchers who are addressing the essential |
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| 11 | 11 | | role that science and technology play in society, and whose work |
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| 12 | 12 | | meets the highest standards of professional performance, |
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| 13 | 13 | | creativity, and resourcefulness; honorees are selected in five |
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| 14 | 14 | | categories, medicine, engineering, biological sciences, physical |
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| 15 | 15 | | sciences, and technology innovation, and each award includes a |
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| 16 | 16 | | $25,000 honorarium as well as an invitation to present at TAMEST's |
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| 17 | 17 | | annual conference; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Jamie Padgett is being recognized for her lifesaving |
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| 19 | 19 | | research in infrastructure sustainability and resiliency in |
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| 20 | 20 | | hazard-prone regions; her work focuses on identifying and |
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| 21 | 21 | | minimizing the risks that natural disasters and other hazards pose |
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| 22 | 22 | | to critical infrastructure, such as highways and industrial |
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| 23 | 23 | | facilities, and it has played an instrumental role in improving |
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| 24 | 24 | | public safety in communities across Texas and beyond; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, A skilled educator, Ms. Padgett is the Stanley C. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Moore Professor in Engineering and chair of the Department of Civil |
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| 27 | 27 | | and Environmental Engineering at Rice University; she has further |
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| 28 | 28 | | distinguished herself as a Fellow of the Structural Engineering |
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| 29 | 29 | | Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers and as a |
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| 30 | 30 | | founding chair of the organization's technical committee on |
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| 31 | 31 | | multiple hazard mitigation; moreover, she served on the ASCE |
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| 32 | 32 | | reconnaissance team that assessed damage caused by Hurricane |
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| 33 | 33 | | Katrina, and she has represented the United States at the National |
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| 34 | 34 | | Academy of Engineering China-America Frontiers of Engineering |
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| 35 | 35 | | Symposium in China; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, Jamie Padgett's important research efforts have |
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| 37 | 37 | | made a lasting, positive impact in her field, and she is truly |
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| 38 | 38 | | deserving of this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 40 | 40 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Jamie Padgett on her receipt of the |
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| 41 | 41 | | Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Engineering from the Texas |
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| 42 | 42 | | Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology and extend |
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| 43 | 43 | | to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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| 44 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 45 | 45 | | prepared for Ms. Padgett as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 46 | 46 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 47 | 47 | | A. Johnson of Harris |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 50 | 50 | | I certify that H.R. No. 234 was adopted by the House on March |
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| 51 | 51 | | 8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 52 | 52 | | voting. |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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