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Dr. Nicholas Peppas selected as one of the One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era
Nicholas Peppas Recognized by AIChE
Dr.
Nicholas Peppas, Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair of Biomedical Engineering,
has been selected as one of the One Hundred Engineers of the
Modern Era on the occasion of the Centennial of American
Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). His is recognized for his
leading and seminal contributions to chemical engineering and bioengineering
and for his profound impact upon engineering in the post-World War
II era. AIChE is the professional and technical association
of more than 55,000 chemical engineers in the USA and around the
world. It was founded in Philadelphia, PA on June 22, 1908. Recipients
of this recognition were nominate by the Centennial Committee and
voted “by more than a thousand members”.
Professor
Peppas has been a member of AIChE since 1972 and was elected a Fellow
in 1997. He has served AIChE in numerous positions. He was elected
a Director of AIChE (1999-2002), a member of the Chemical Technology
Council, Chair of the Materials Engineering and Sciences Division
(1988-90), and Director of the Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering
Division (1994-97). Peppas was the founder of the Biomaterials Section
of AIChE in 1979, and of the Bionanotechnology Section in 2002,
and served as their first Chair. In the 1980s, he was also the Chair
of the Fundamentals in Engineering and Life Sciences Section.
He
has received numerous other awards and recognitions from AIChE including
the William H. Walker Award (highest ChE recognition, 2006) and
the Jay Bailey Award, (highest bioengineering recognition, 2006).
In 2007 he was the 59th Institute Lecturer. He has also received
the Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Award (1994), the Materials
Engineering and Sciences Award (1984) and the National Best Counselor
Award (1982).
Official
presentation of this award will take place at the 100th AIChE meeting
in Philadelphia in November 2008.
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