| Year | Student | Advisor |
| 2015 | George Liu (co-winner) | R. Austin |
| 2015 | Milos Nikolic (co-winner) | A. Rodriguez |
| 2014 | Callie Woods | C. Gmachl |
| 2013 | Anna Wuttig | A. Bocarsly/R. Cava |
| 2012 | Matthew Edwards | R. Miles |
| 2011 | Mary Catherine Wen | P. Prucnal |
| 2010 | John Chang | P. Prucnal |
| 2009 | Abhishek Agrawal | C. Gmachl |
| 2008 | Thomas Lipp | C. Arnold |
| 2007 | Jayson Paulose (co-winner) | R. Bhatt/J. Fleischer/ C. Gmachl |
| 2007 | Joseph Ulerich (co-winner) | C. Arnold |
| 2006 | Daniel Recht | C. Arnold |
| 2005 | Bryan Ellis | P. Prucnal |
| 2004 | Anthony Miller | W. Warren |
| 2003 | Elizabeth J. Smythe | P. Prucnal |
| 2002 | Rebecca Jones | S. Forrest |
| 2001 | Robert Schell | P. Prucnal |
| 2000 | Conor Madigan | J. Sturm |
| 1999 | Christine Coldwell | P. Prucnal |
| 1998 | Taro Hornmark | S. Lyon |
| 1997 | John McHale | S. Forrest |
| 1996 | Chiang Ling Ng | H. Kobayashi |
| 1995 | Samara Firebaugh | J. Sturm |
| 1994 | John Paz | H. Kobayashi |
| 1993 | Gary Chan | H. Kobayashi |
| 1992 | Andrew Huibers | S. Lyons |
