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Jamie Padgett is the Stanley C. Moore Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University. She also serves as Faculty Director of the Gulf Scholars Program (GSP@Rice). Her research focuses on multi-hazard risk and resilience modeling of infrastructure systems, particularly bridges, energy facilities, and transportation networks exposed to earthquakes, hurricanes, and flooding. She has published over 250 articles and leads major initiatives like the NIST Center of Excellence for Risk-Based Resilience Planning and NSF-funded NHERI Cyberinfrastructure (DesignSafe-CI).
Education:
- B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 2003
- Ph.D., Structural Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007
Research Interests:
- Probabilistic methods for infrastructure risk assessment
- Resilience of transportation and energy systems
- Multi-hazard vulnerability of coastal infrastructure
- Machine learning applications in structural reliability
Awards:
- 2023 TAMEST Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award
- 2017 ASCE Walter L. Huber Prize
- NSF CAREER Award (2011)
- IALCCE Junior Award (2016)
Grants & Leadership:
- Principal Investigator on NSF grants for resilience and infrastructure sustainability
- Co-PI on NHERI DesignSafe-CI
- Leadership roles in SSPEED Center and NIST-funded initiatives
Labs & Teams: Padgett Research Group focuses on fragility modeling, community resilience, and data-driven risk assessment. Collaborations include the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the Severe Storm Prediction Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center.
