The Engineer-of-the-Year award was started in 1979 and recognizes sustained outstanding contributions to the Engineering profession and/or the Society by an individual who is a member of ASAE.

The Young Engineer-of-the-Year award was started in 1993 and recognizes outstanding contributions by a young Engineer (30 or under). Membership in ASAE is not required for this award.

Nominations for these awards should be made to the Awards and Resolutions Committee. 

Year	Engineer-of-the-Year	Young Engineer-of-the-Year
1979	William G. Moore
1980	Robert H. Brown
1981	James L. Butler
1982	Olin Ginn
1983	Lowry H. Gillespie, Jr.
1984	Harold D. White
1985	No Award
1986	E. Dale Threadgill
1987	Robert C. Robison
1988	Stuart O. Nelson
1989	Ralph E. Smith
1990	Gene Seigler
1991	Jimmy Hill
1992	Brahm Verma
1993	Tom Jordan	Sandra K. Douglas
1994	James M. Allison	Unessee Hargett, Jr.
1995	Charles W. Gillespie	Calvin D. Perry
1996	E. Jay Williams
1997	No Award
1998	Tony Tyson	George Vellidis
1999	Kurt Lawrence	Brian Wenberg
2000	John Worley	Michael Diaz
2001	John McEvoy	Jason Governo
2002	Bailey Mitchell	Brian Kimsey
2003	L.Mark Risse	Jason Parris
2004	Bill Tolner