Each year, the department recognizes truly exceptional graduate students by presenting them with one of the following awards. Awards are given at the Annual Blue Hat Ceremony, following the Design Day events.
Click the header to view a list of past recipients for each award.
| Year | Recipient |
| 2022 | Damir Akchurin |
| Year | Recipient |
| 2022 | Hansen Guo |
| Year | Recipient(s) |
| 2022 | Farzin Ahamdi |
| 2021 | Julia Carroll & Katiana Kontolati |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Anthony Belfert |
| 2018 | Astrid Fischer |
| 2017 | Sriram Sankaranarayanan |
| 2016 | Saranthip Rattanaserikiat |
| 2015 | Ashley Feldman |
| 2014 | Aamer Haque |
| 2013 | Mehdi Jalalpour |
| 2012 | Mu Zhu |
| 2011 | Kara Peterman |
| 2009 | Arghavan Louhghalam |
| Year | Recipient(s) |
| 2022 | Noah Wade |
| 2021 | Ashwini Gupta |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Maxwell Pinz |
| 2018 | Mikhail Osanov |
| 2017 | Jinlei Shen |
| 2016 | Davide Fratamico |
| 2015 | Jimi Oke |
| 2014 | Matthew Stehman |
| 2013 | Caitlin Jacques |
| 2012 | Kara Peterman & Cynthia Zingale |
| 2011 | Alireza Asadpoure |
| 2010 | Luiz Vieira |