| 2011 |
Satyandra K. Gupta (Smith International Professor Director, Center for Advanced Manufacturing, Viterbi School of Engineering. University of Southern California) |
| 2012 |
David O. Kazmer (University of Massachusetts-Lowell) |
| 2013 |
Karthik Rmani (Donald W. Feddersen Distinguished Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy), Professor of Educational Studies, College of Education (by courtesy), Purdue University) |
| 2014 |
Deborah Thurston (Gutsgell Professor, Interim Department Head; Co-Director, Technology & Management, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign ) |
| 2015 |
Kazuhiro Saitou (Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan) |
| 2016 |
Gül Kremer (Professor and C.G. “Turk” & Joyce A. Therkildsen Department Chair of Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at The Iowa State University) |
| 2017 |
Peter Sandborn, Keystone Professor, Director, MTech, Mechanical Engineering, Maryland Energy Innovation Institute, Center for Risk and Reliability, University of Maryland |
| 2018 |
Joshua Summers, Professor in Mechanical Engineering and named College IDEaS Professor at Clemson University, co-directs the CEDAR Group (Clemson Engineering Design Applications and Research) |
| 2019 |
Harrison Kim, Professor, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign |
| 2020 |
Dr. Bert Bras (Brook Byers Professor and Associate Chair for Administration, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2021 |
No Winner |
| 2022 |
Dr. Fu Zhao, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University |
| 2023 |
Dr. Fu Zhao, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University |
