2025: Mehdi Salour, Senior Vice President Operations and Support at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

2024: Timothy Li, Co-Founder at MaxDecisions

2023: Gonzalo Eduardo Mendoza, Director of Engineering at Textron Aviation; Aerospace Engineering, 1998

2022: Huy Tran, Director of Aeronautics, NASA Ames Research Center (ARC)

2021: Jim Puzar, Senior Operations Development Manager, Jabil; Industrial Technology, 1985

2019: Dave Sykes, City Manager, City of San Jose; Civil Engineering, 1991, 1995

2018: Mark A. Pasquale, Vice President, Engineering & Technology, LM Space; Mechanical Engineering, 1984

2017: Roger Thornton, Founder, Fortify Software; Engineering, 1987, 1994

2016: Roy Kusumoto, Founder, Solectron and Trillium Industries; Mechanical Engineering, 1966

2015: Donald G. Newnan, Professor Emeritus, Industrial & Systems Engineering, SJSU; Civil Engineering, BS, 1951

2014: Daniel L. Cheadle, Sr., Founder, Sr. Director, Cougar Components Corp., Telegyne Microwave Solutions; Electrical Engineering, BS, 1967

2013: Steven Nasiri, Founder, CEO, Chairman, Invensense; Mechanical Engineering, MS, 1981

2013: Robert A. Bigler, Co-Founder, CEO, Animatics Corp.; Mechanical Engineering, BS, 1987

2013: Pandit Bigler, Co-Founder, VP of Operations, Animatics Corp.; Mechanical Engineering BS, MS, 1984, 1987

2012: Chia-Juch Chang, Chairman, China Airlines; Civil Engineering MS, 1976

2012: Amarjit Gill, Co-Founder and CEO, Maginatics, Inc.; Electrical Engineering BS, 1983

2011: Mark Van Tine, President and CEO, Jeppesen; Aeronautics, BS, 1980

2011: Sandeep Vij, President and CEO, MIPS Technology, Inc.; Electrical Engineering, BS, 1987

2010: Muhammad Raghib Hussain, CTO and Corporate Vice President, Cavium Networks; Computer Engineering, MS, 1997

2010: Joseph Parisi, Founder and President, Therma Corporation; Mechanical Engineering, 1965

2009: John W. Davis, President, TMFC; Industrial Technology BS, 1970

2009: Jayan Ramankutty, Entrepreneur & Founding CEO, YuMe Networks; Computer Engineering MS, 1991

2008: L. Carl Harris, Founder & Chairman of the Board, Harris & Associates; Civil Engineering BS (Civil Engineering MS), 1963 (1967)

2008: Julie A. Sattler, Vice President, Engineering, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company; Aeronautical Engineering BS, 1983

2007: Lee Chen, Founder and CEO, A10 Networks, Inc.; Electrical Engineering MS, 1982

2007: Joseph E. Louis, President, Louis Engineering Corporation and M.J.M. Land Development Co. Inc.; Civil Engineering BS, 1969

2006: Carolyn Guidry, President, Mark and Carolyn Guidry Foundation; Computer Engineering MS, 1979

2006: Peter McGrath, Former Sector Vice President, Science Applications International Corp.; Mechanical Engineering BS, 1965

2005: Omid Kordestani, Sr. Vice President Worldwide Sales & Field Operations, Google, Inc.; Electrical Engineering BS, 1984

2005: Gust Perlegos, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Atmel Corporation; Electrical Engineering BS, 1969

2004: Anthony J. Banta, Vice President Worldwide Operations, Cisco Systems; Aeronautics BS, 1970

2004: Mahmoud "Max" Gahrahmat, Partner, Geomax; Civil Engineering BS (Civil Engineering MS), 1969 (1976)

2002: Nancy Wheeler-Nelson, Vice President, Engineering Communication Products, Trimble Navigation Ltd.; Electrical Engineering BS, 1979

2002: Bernard S. Siegal, President, Thermal Engineering Associates, Inc.; Electrical Engineering MS, 1966

2001: Joseph D. Countryman, President, MBK Engineers; Civil Engineering BS, 1966

2000: Thomas M. Blalock, President, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board; Civil Engineering BS, 1954

2000: Francis F. Huang, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering, SJSU; Production Engineering BS, 1951

1999: Mel Blevins, Watermaster at Upper Los Angeles River Area Watermaster; Civil Engineering BS, 1957

1999: Brad Mattson, Chairman & CEO at Mattson Technology, Inc.; Aeronautics BS, 1976

1999: Gary L. Yancey, President, CEO & Chairman of the Board at Applied Signal Technology; Electrical Engineering MS, 1970

1998: Wayne K. Tanda, Director, Streets and Traffic at City of San Jose; Civil Engineering BS (Civil Engineering MS), 1971 (1973)

1997: George Perlegos, Founder, President & CEO at Atmel Corp.; Electrical Engineering, 1972

1996: Helmut Krawinkler, Professor at Stanford University; Civil Engineering, 1967

1996: Maurice D. Roos, Chief Hydrologist at Dept. of Water Recources, State of CA; Civil Engineering, 1957

1996: L. Thomas Tobin, Consultant at Tobin & Associates; Civil Engineering, 1972

1996: Alden V. Munson, Vice President at Intelligence Market Area-TRW Systems Integration Group; Mechanical Engineering, 1965

1995: Thomas W. Collins, Director of Engineering Operations, Systems Development Division at Tandem Computers Inc.; Electrical Engineering, 1961

1995: Peter Kaldveer, President at Harza Engineering Company of California; Civil Engineering, 1963

1995: John J. Silveira, Deputy Director at Dept. of Water Resources, State of CA; Civil Engineering, 1959

1994: Koichi Nishimura, President & Chief Executive Officer at Solectron Corp.; Electrical Engineering, 1963

1994: E. P. "Gene" Reilly, Vice President and Chief Engineer at Southern Pacific Lines; Civil Engineering, 1971

1993: Douglas Carnaham, Vice President & General Manager at Hewlett-Packard Company; Electrical Engineering, 1965

1993: Theodore C. Fairfield, President at Fairco Properties, Inc.; Civil Engineering, 1959

1993: Anthony N. Lapine, Chief Executive Officer at Lapine Technology Corp.; Electrical Engineering, 1965

1992: E. Gene Bruner, Manager Facilities & Planning at Georgia Pacific Corp.; Mechanical Engineering, 1959

1992: Randall M. German, Brush Chair in Materials at Pennsylvania State University; Materials Science, 1968

1992: Roger W. Werne, Director of Engineering at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Civil Engineering, 1967

1991: Finis F. Conner, Chairman & CEO at Connor Peripherals; Industrial Management, 1969

1991: Charles W. Davidson, President at C.W. Davidson Company; Civil Engineering, 1956

1991: James W. McCoy, Vice President at MacKay & Somps, Inc.; Civil Engineering, 1964

1990: Jane G. Evans, Grants Specialist at Hewlett-Packard Company; Electrical Engineering, 1965

1990: Arthur L. Money, President at ESL/TRW; Mechanical Engineering, 1965

1990: Dale W. Pilgeram, Vice President of Development at IBM-General Products Division; Electrical Engineering, 1967

James W. Adkisson, President, Insite Peripherals, 1989, Electrical Engineering, 1969

David A. Brown, President and Member of the Board, Quantum Corp., 1989, Mechanical Engineering, 1968

Paul F. Fratessa, President, Paul F. Fratessa Associates, 1988, Civil Engineering, 1960

Daniel H. Lowry, President, Grade-Way Construction, 1988, Civil Engineering, 1956

Riyad S. AbuZayyad, President, Rolm Corp - IBM, 1987, Mechanical Engineering, 1961

Phillip E. Allen, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1987, Electrical Engineering, 1962

Joseph D. Andrade, Jr., Dean of Engineering, University of Utah, 1987, Materials Engineering, 1965

F.G. Butterfield, Executive Vice President, CBI Industries, Inc., 1986, Civil Engineering, 1952

Robert J. Frankenberg, General Manager, Hewlett-Packard Company, 1986, Computer Engineering, 1974

Robert Kochis, President, Condor Systems, 1985, Electrical Engineering, 1963

A. Phillip Bray, President & CEO, Renewable Resource Systems, 1984, Mechanical Engineering, 1951

Alvin R. Zeman, President, Zeman-Rittenhouse & Associates, 1984, Civil Engineering, 1964

James O. Leckie, Professor, Stanford University, 1983, Civil Engineering, 1964

Howard E. Wolnowsky, Division Manager, Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, 1983, Electrical Engineering, 1962

Richard F. Byers, Vice President, Guy F. Atkinson Construction, 1982, Civil Engineering, 1951

Luis F. Diaz, President, Cal Recovery Systems, 1982, Mechanical Engineering, 1972

Raymond A. Smelek, General Manager, Hewlett-Packard Company, 1982, Electrical Engineering, 1959

Robert MacLellan, Vice President, FMC Corp., 1981, General Engineering, 1949

Onslow H. "Rudy" Rudolph, Jr., Chairman of the Board and Founder, Rudolph & Sletten, Inc., 1981, Civil Engineering, 1950

Donald R. Beall, President & CEO, Rockwell International, 1980, Metallurgical Engineering, 1960

Norman O. Gunderson, Dean Emeritus, SJSU, 1980,  ,  

William D. Nix, Professor, Stanford University, 1980, Materials Engineering, 1959

Charles Swall, President, IBM - Systems Technology Division, 1980, Industrial Engineering, 1965