The annual Diamond Award goes to a student that most exemplifies the “diamond in the rough” transition through outstanding academic achievement and/or research excellence.
| Year | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Muslum Ozgur Ozmen |
| 2023 | Renee (Wren) Forfa |
| 2022 |
Nour Jaber Arvind Sundaram |
| 2021 | Tianhao Wang |
| 2020 | Yuseok Jeon |
| 2019 | Denis Ulybyshev |
| 2018 | Samuel Jero |
| 2017 | Christopher Gutierrez |
| 2016 | Cesare Guariniello |
| 2015 | Mohammed Almeshekah |
| 2014 | Rahul Potharaju |
| 2013 | Gaspar Modelo-Howard Dannie Stanley |
| 2012 | Kevin O’Connor Jeffrey Seibert |
| 2011 | Ashish Kundu |
| 2010 | David Zage |
| 2009 | Ryan Riley Qihua Wang Yusung Wu |
| 2008 | Kurt Ackermann |
| 2007 | Marina Blanton Ryan Stutsman |
| 2006 | Mahesh V. Tripunitara Paul D. Williams |
| 2005 | Keith B. Frikken Murat Kantarcioglu |
| 2004 | Ben Kuperman Radu Sion |
