| 2025 | Mr. Orlando Jesus Ugarte-Almeyda | Purdue University Northwest | Advancing Supersonic Injection of Oxygen and Soft-Oxidizers for Reducing Carbon Emissions in Industrial Scale EAFs |
| 2024 | Dr. Petrus C. Pistorius | Carnegie Mellon University | Evaluating Direct Reduced Iron Pathways for Ironmaking Decarbonization |
| 2023 | Mr. Lawrence Cho | Colorado School of Mines | Advancing Induction Heating Technology for Sustainable Processing and Property Enhancement for Advanced High Strength Sheet Steels |
| 2023 | Dr. Hongyan Ma | Missouri University of Science & Technology | CO2 Capture Using Steel Slag and Utilization of the Product as a High-Value Cementitious Material |