Dr. Nicholas Peppas has been selected from a very distinguished and competitive field of candidates as the AIChE Institite Lecturer for 2007.


Dr. Nicholas Peppas
has been selected from a very distinguished and competitive field of candidates as the AIChE Institite Lecturer for 2007. Each year the Executive Board of the National Program Committee invites a distinguished member of AIChE to present a comprehensive authoritative review of the chemical engineering science in his or her field of specialization. Selection criteria include: 1. the quality and relevance of the accomplishments of the lecturer in the technical field likely to be the subject of the lecture, 2. the communication skills of the lecturer, 3. the value of the lecture to the meeting attendees and the members of the Institute.

The lecture is presented in a special session at the AIChE Annual Meeting. The text of the presentation is considered for inclusion in an AIChE publication. Some previous recipients of this honor are: 2006 -- Carol K. Hall, 2005 -- R. Agrawal, 2004 -- A. Heller, and 2003 -- G. Stephanopoulos