Nicholas A. Peppas - Awards

Awards

He has been awarded more than 100 international awards. These include:

• the Founders Award of the National Academy of Engineering (2012)
• the highest distinction from the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (the Pierre Galletti Award (2008))
• the highest distinctions of the Society for Biomaterials (the Founders Award for Lifetime Contributions (2005), the William Hall Award for Service (2010) and the Clemson Award for Basic Research (1992))
• the Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal (2010)
• the highest recognition from the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA Distinguished Scientist Award (2010))
• the highest research recognitions from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (the Founders Award (2008), the 59th Institute Lecture (2007), the William Walker Award (2006)) as well as the Food, Pharmaceuticals and Bioengineering Award (1991) and the CMA Stine Materials Science and Engineering Award (1984)
• the Jay Bailey Award from the Society for Biological Engineering (2006)
• the highest recognitions of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (the 2002 Dale E. Wurster Award in Pharmaceutics, and the 1999 Research Achievement Award in Pharmaceutical Technology)
• the highest recognitions of the Controlled Release Society (the 1991 Founders Award and the 2002 Eurand Award for Outstanding Contributions in Oral Drug Delivery)
• the highest recognition from the European Pharmaceutical Associations, APGI, APV and ADRITELF (the Maurice-Marie Janot Award, 2010)
• the highest recognitions of the American Society for Engineering Education (the 2000 General Electric Senior Research Award recognizing the best engineering researcher of the USA), as well as the 1992 George Westinghouse Award recognizing the best teacher, the 1988 Curtis McGraw Award for best engineering research under the age of 40, and the 2006 Dow Chemical Engineering Award
• the 2002 Newsmaker of the Year Award of the American Chemical Society

In addition, he has received the highest scientific recognitions from both Universities with which he has been associated:

• the 2007 Career Excellence Research Award from the University of Texas at Austin (first engineer in the history of the award)
• the 2004 Hamilton Award for best paper from the University of Texas at Austin
• the 2002 Sigma Xi Award for Best Research from Purdue University
• the 2000 McCoy Award from Purdue University (second engineer in the 40 year history of the award)

In 2008 he was selected as one of the 100 Engineers of the Modern Era by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. In 1991, the journal Polymer News recognized him as a polymer pioneer. Finally, in 2002, he was recognized as a biomedical pioneer by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.