| 2004 | To be announced at 2005 American Control Conference |
| 2003 | Bin Yao, "Integrated Direct/Indirect Adaptive Robust Control of SISO Nonlinear Systems in Semi-Strict Feedback Form" |
| Dong Ni, Yiming Lou, Panagiotis D. Christofides, Lin Sha, Sandy Lao, and Jane P. Chang, "A Method for Real-Time Control of Thin Film Composition Using OES and XPS" |
| 2002 | P. Seiler, A. Pant, and K. Hedrick, "Disturbance propagation in large interconnected systems" |
| 2001 | J. Mareczek, M. Buss, and M. Spong, "Invariance Control of Normal Forms with Input Driven Internal Dynamics" |
| | B-S. Kim, J. Li, and T-C. Tsao, "Control of a Dual Stage Actuator System for Noncircular Cam Turning Process" |
| 2000 | L. Zaccarian, A. R. Teel, and J. J. Marcinkowski, "Anti-windup for an Active Vibration Isolation Device: Theory and Experiments" |
| | R. Yedavalli, "A Necessary and Sufficient Extreme Point Solution for Checking Robust Stability of Polytopes of Matrices" |
| 1999 | Antonios Armaou and Panagiotis Christofides, "Wave suppression by Nonlinear Finite-Dimensional Control" |
| | Bassam Bamieh and Mohammed Dahleh, "Disturbance Energy Amplification in Three Dimensional Channel Flows" |
| 1998 | Srinivas Tatiraju, Masoud Soroush, and Raj Mutharasan, "Multi-Rate Nonlinear State and Parameter Estimation in a Bioreactor" |
| | Haitham A. Hindi, Babak Hassibi, and Stephen P. Boyd, "Multiobjective H2/H-Infinity Optimal Control via Finite Dimensional Q-Parametrization and Linear Matrix Inequalities" |
| 1997 | V. Lioatta, C. Georgakis, and M. S. El-Aasser, "Real-Time Estimation and Control of Particle Size in Semi-Batch Emulsion Polymerization" |
| | M. Glaum and G. Zames, "A function Calculus For Identification and System Analysis" |
| 1996 | No Awards |
| 1995 | Miroslav Krstic, "Asymptotic properties of Adaptive Nonlinear Stabilizer" |
| 1994 | Jangbom Chai, Richard H. Lyon, and Jeffrey H. Lang, " Non-Invasive Diagnostics of Motor-Operated Valves" |
| | Fernando Paganini, Raffaello D'Andrea, and John C. Doyle, " Behavioral Approach to Robustness Analysis" |
| 1993 | Hua O. Wang and Eyad H. Abed, "Control of Nonlinear Phenomena at the Inception of Voltage Collapse" |
| | R. J. Furness, A. Galip Ulsoy, and Charles L. Wu, "Supervisory Control of Drilling" |
| 1992 | K. Poolla, P. Khargonekar, A. Tikku, J. Krause, and K. Nagpal, "A Time- Domain Approach to Model Validation" |
| 1991 | Elling W. Jacobsen and Sigurd Skogestad, "Control of Unstable Distillation Columns" |
| 1990 | G. T Yamaguchi and F. E. Zajac, "Modeling FES Actuation and Control of Multisegment Limb Movements" |
| 1989 | H. Kazerooni and W.K. Foslien, "On the Control and Stability of Robots Worn By Human: Theory" |
| 1988 | A. Miele, T. Wang, and W.W. Melvin, "Optimization and Guidance of Penetration Landing Trajectories in a Windshear" |
| 1987 | E. Kamei, H. Namba, K. Osaki, M. Ohba, "Application of Reduced Order Model to Automotive Engine Control System" |
| 1986 | Bo Wahlberg, "On Model Reduction in System Identification" |
| 1984 | H. Asada and K. Youcef-Toumi, "Analysis and Design of a Direct-Drive Arm with a Five-Bar Link Parallel Drive Mechanism" |
| 1983 | K. Glover and D.J. N. Limebeer, "Robust Multivariable Controls System Design Using Optimal Reduced Order Plant Models" |
| 1982 | Helen Johnson, "Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Self-Oscillating Systems Using MRAS Technique" |
| 1981 | J. Kenneth Salisbury and John J. Craig, "Articulated Hands:Force Control and Kinematic Issues" |
| 1980 | Tapio Westerlund, "Identification and Control of an Industrial Dry Process Cement Kiln" |
| 1979 | William B. Rouse, "Understanding and Aiding the Human in Fault Diagnosis Tasks" |
