[Funded by Coperion Corporation]
| 2026 | Charlie Martin |
| 2025 | Adam Dreiblatt |
| 2024 | Dr. Santosh Bawiskar |
| 2023 | Eduardo L. Canedo |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | Dr. Paul Andersen |
| 2019 | David Bigio |
| 2018 | Costas Tzoganakis |
| 2017 | Joe Golba |
| 2016 | Mark Wetzel |
| 2015 | Daniel G. Tynan |
| 2014 | Paul Squires |
| 2013 | Ulrich Burkhardt |
| 2012 | Martin Mack |
| 2011 | Costas Gogos |
| 2010 | Martin Urllich |
| 2009 | Helmute Potente |
| 2008 | Chi-Kai Shih |
| 2007 | Bill Theil |
| 2006 | Tadamoto Sakai |
| 2005 | Stan Jakopin |
| 2004 | Jim White |
| 2003 | Max L. Booy |
| 2002 | David B. Todd |