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.

2018: Mohamed Mahmoud - Electrical and Computer Engineering 

2017: Ambareen Siraj - Computer Science

2016: No award made

2015: No award made

2014: No award made

2013: Holly Stretz Chemical - Engineering

2012: Sastry Munukutla - Mechanical Engineering

2011: Ismail Fidan - Manufacturing & Industrial Technology

2010 David W. Elizandro - Industrial & Systems Engineering

2009: Xiaoming (Sharon) Huo - Civil Engineering

2008: Pedro Arce - Chemical Engineering

2007: Joseph Biernacki - Chemical Engineering

2006: Donald P. Visco, Jr. - Chemical Engineering

2005: Stephen L. Canfield - Mechanical Engineering

2004: Edwin Griggs - Mechanical Engineering

2003: Satish Mahajan - Electrical Engineering

2002: Steve Idem - Mechanical Engineering

2001: S. Deivanayagam - Industrial Engineering

2000: George R. Buchanan - Civil Engineering

1999: John Peddieson - Mechanical Engineering

1998: L. K. Crouch - Civil Engineering

1997: Joe McDearman - Electrical Engineering

1996: Sastry Munukutla - Mechanical Engineering

1995: Ali Alouani - Electrical Engineering

1994: Dick Houghton - Mechanical Engineering

1993: Jack Gordon - Civil Engineering

1992: Noel Tolbert - Civil Engineering

1991: Joe Scardina - Mechanical Engineering

1990: David Yarbrough - Chemical Engineering

1989: Dallas Smith - Civil Engineering

1988: Kenneth Purdy - Mechanical Engineering

1987: Seiichi Fujita - Industrial Engineering

1986: Carl Ventrice - Electrical Engineering

1985: Edwin Griggs - Mechanical Engineering

1984: Paul Bonner - Civil Engineering