First awarded in 1984, the Brown-Henderson award honors outstanding performance in teaching and research or service and carries the names of Engineering Dean Emeritus James Seay Brown and James Henderson, the college's first dean.

1984: Paul Bonner - Civil Engineering
1985: Edwin Griggs - Mechanical Engineering
1986: Carl Ventrice - Electrical Engineering
1987: Seiichi Fujita - Industrial Engineering
1988: Kenneth Purdy - Mechanical Engineering
1989: Dallas Smith - Civil Engineering
1990: David Yarbrough - Chemical Engineering
1991: Joe Scardina - Mechanical Engineering
1992: Noel Tolbert - Civil Engineering
1993: Jack Gordon - Civil Engineering
1994: Dick Houghton - Mechanical Engineering
1995: Ali Alouani - Electrical Engineering
1996: Sastry Munukutla - Mechanical Engineering
1997: Joe McDearman - Electrical Engineering
1998: L. K. Crouch - Civil Engineering
1999: John Peddieson - Mechanical Engineering
2000: George R. Buchanan - Civil Engineering
2001: S. Deivanayagam - Industrial Engineering
2002: Steve Idem - Mechanical Engineering
2003: Satish Mahajan - Electrical Engineering
2004: Edwin Griggs - Mechanical Engineering
2005: Stephen L. Canfield - Mechanical Engineering
2006: Donald P. Visco, Jr. - Chemical Engineering
2007: Joseph Biernacki - Chemical Engineering
2008: Pedro Arce - Chemical Engineering
2009: Xiaoming (Sharon) Huo - Civil Engineering
2010 David W. Elizandro - Industrial & Systems Engineering
2011: Ismail Fidan - Manufacturing & Industrial Technology
2012: Sastry Munukutla - Mechanical Engineering
2013: Holly Stretz Chemical - Engineering
2014: No award made
2015: No award made
2016: No award made
2017: Ambareen Siraj - Computer Science
2018: Mohamed Mahmoud - Electrical and Computer Engineering 
2019: Stephen Canfield - Mechanical Engineering
2020: Steven Anton - Mechanical Engineering
2021: Sheikh Ghafoor - Computer Science