Organized in 1950, the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation is a non-profit, charitable corporation focused on postsecondary education in Texas. Each year, the foundation selects ten Piper Professors from across Texas for their superior teaching at the college level.

2004
Rebecca Richards-Kortum,
Biomedical Engineering

1999
Desmond Lawler, Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering

1996
Wallace Fowler, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

1994
Philip Schmidt, Mechanical Engineering

1980
Billy Koen, Mechanical Engineering