| 2023 | prof. Craig Hawker | Chemical Engineering & Chemistry |
| 2021 | prof. David Mooney | Biomedical Engineering |
| 2021 | prof. Klavs Jensen | Chemical Engineering & Chemistry |
| 2021 | prof. Margot Gerritsen (F) | Mathematics & Computer Science |
2020 | None, due to the Covid-19 crisis | |
2019 | prof. Jodi Forlizzi (F) | Industrial Design |
2019 | prof. Peter Winzer | Electrical Engineering |
2018 | prof.dr. Anne Dowling (F) | Mechanical Engineering |
2017 | prof.dr. Lars Arge (†2020) | Mathematics & Computer Science |
2016 | prof.dr. Gilbert Laporte | Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences |
2016 | prof.dr. Joanna Aizenberg (F) | Chemical Engineering & Chemistry Biomedical Engineering |
2016 | prof.dr. Mark Kushner | Applied Physics |
2015 | prof.dr. Theodore Stathopoulos | Built Environment |
2014 | prof.dr. Norman Fleck | Mechanical Engineering |
2013 | prof.dr.ir. Sabine van Huffel (F) | Electrical Engineering |
2012 | prof.dr. David Harel | Mathematics & Computer Science |
2011 | prof.dr. Silvio Aime | Biomedical Engineering |
2011 | prof.dr. Rosalind Williams (F) | Industrial Design & Innovation Sciences |
2011 | prof.dr. Frank Kelly | Mathematics & Computer Science |
2010 | prof.dr. Bill Buxton | Industrial Design |
2009 | prof.dr. Samuel Stupp | Biomedical Engineering |
2008 | prof.dr. Stuart Parkin | Applied Physics |
2007 | prof.dr. Yasuhiro Koike | Electrical Engineering |
2006 | prof.dr. Jens Norskov | Chemical Engineering & Chemistry |
2006 | prof.dr. Keith Moffatt | Applied Physics |
2006 | prof.dr. Mary Wheeler (F) | Mathematics & Computer Science |
2005 | prof.ir. John Habraken | Built Environment |
2001 | prof.dr. David Tirrell | Chemical Engineering & Chemistry |
2001 | prof.dr. Ralph Gomory | Mathematics & Computer Science |
2001 | prof.dr. John Buzacott | Industrial Design & Innovation Sciences |
1996 | Sir Norman Foster | Built Environment |
1996 | prof. Sir John Meurig Thomas | Chemical Engineering & Chemistry |
1996 | prof.dr. David Montgomery | Applied Physics |
1991 | prof.dr. Henk Bremmer (†1996) | Applied Physics |
1991 | prof.dr.ing. Werner Schiehlen | Mechanical Engineering |
1991 | dr. Carel Scholten | Mathematics & Computer Science |
1986 | prof.dr. Alexander Scheindlin | Electrical Engineering |
1986 | mr.dr. Gerrit Wagner (†2003) | Chemical Engineering & Chemistry |
1986 | dr. Henri Beer (†1994) | Chemical Engineering & Chemistry |
1981 | prof.dr. Aldert vd Ziel (†1991) | Electrical Engineering |
1981 | dr. Henry Pollak | Mathematics & Computer Science |
1981 | prof.dr. Wilfred Heginbotham | Mechanical Engineering |
1976 | dr.ir. Hans Kramers (†2006) | Chemical Engineering & Chemistry |