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Dr. Nicholas Peppas, professor of biomedical engineering, chemical engineering and pharmaceutics, has been selected to receive the 2008 Pierre Galletti Award from the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering for his contributions and leadership in biomaterials science and engineering, and for his work on drug delivery that led to new biomedical products and devices. The Pierre Galletti Award, considered the most prestigious award in biomedical engineering, was established in 1999 in honor of the institute’s founding member and past president. Peppas holds the Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair in Engineering.