steelChallenge Past Winners
| No. | Year | Name | Affiliation | Category | Country |
| 1 | 2005 | Sebastian Michelic | University of Leoben | Student | Austria |
| Francesco Lentini
Buonomo Alessandro Mariggiò Gianvito |
RIVA-ILCA S.p.A | Industry | Italy | ||
| 2 | 2006 | Zhao Chong
Qin Bo Chen Lei |
Pohang University of Science and Technology | Student | South Korea |
| Sung Jin Kim
Jin Hong Park Tae Gyun Kim |
POSCO | Industry | South Korea | ||
| 3 | 2007 | Hyunsoo Kim
Sangmin Lee Daehee Woo |
Pohang University of Science and Technology | Student | South Korea |
| Zhang Wen
Zhao Gang |
Ansteel | Industry | China | ||
| 4 | 2008 | Nabil Marouf
Raphael Chosson Pierre Sallot |
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne | Student | France |
| Yin Lu
Ge Hua Chen Cen |
Baosteel | Industry | China | ||
| 5 | 2009/10 | Luo Zhaozhen | Wuhan University of Science and Technology | Student | China |
| Chia Mei Lu
Yen Hsun Wu |
China Steel | Industry | Taiwan, China | ||
| 6 | 2011/12 | Heliton Morais Rego Lima Filho
Fernando Emerson Viana Sousa |
Universidade Federal do Ceará | Student | Brazil |
| Lu Fei
Yu Chen |
Shougang Qiangang | Industry | China | ||
| 7 | 2012/13 | Andraž Bradeško
Anže Tekavčič |
University of Ljubljana | Student | Slovenia |
| Manjunathan Mohan
Chandra Prakesh Sankar |
Tata Steel Ltd. | Industry | India | ||
| 8 | 2013/14 | Ezio Agustín Casalini
Francisco Brañas |
Universidad Nacional del Sur | Student | Argentina |
| Kausik Tamuli
Animesh Kumar Singh |
Tata Steel Ltd. | Industry | India | ||
| 9 | 2014/15 | Yongping Wei
Yongxu Wang |
Chongqing University of Science and Technology | Student | China |
| Ye Wang | Baosteel | Industry | China | ||
| 10 | 2015/16 | Eonseung LEE | Kyungpook National University | Student | South Korea |
| Marcos Daniel GOUVEIA FILHO | Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) | Industry | Brazil | ||
| 11 | 2016/17 | ChiaChu Li | National Chung Hsing University | Student | Taiwan, China |
| Wentao Zhou | HBIS Group Co., Ltd | Industry | China | ||
| 12 | 2017/18 | Anže BAJŽELJ | University of Ljubljana | Student | Slovenia |
| Xiaoyu TANG | HBIS Group Co., Ltd | Industry | China |