| Name | Title | Years |
| William Herbert Kenerson | 1st Chair, Division of Engineering | 1916-1941 |
| Leighton Teeterick Bohl | 2nd Chair, Division of Engineering | 1941-1947 |
| John Henry Marchant | 3rd Chair, Division of Engineering | 1947-1953 |
| Daniel Charles Drucker | 4th Chair, Division of Engineering | 1953-1959 |
| Paul Southworth Symonds | 5th Chair, Division of Engineering | 1959-1962 |
| Paul Fritz Maeder | 6th Chair, Division of Engineering | 1962-1968 |
| Joseph John Loferski | 7th Chair, Division of Engineering | 1968-1974 |
| Rodney James Clifton | 8th Chair, Division of Engineering | 1974-1979 |
| L. Ben Freund | 9th Chair, Division of Engineering | 1979-1983 |
| Richard Andrew Dobbins | 10th Chair, Division of Engineering | 1983-1988 |
| Alan Needleman | 1st Dean, Division of Engineering | 1988-1991 |
| Harvey Fox Silverman | 2nd Dean, Division of Engineering | 1991-1997 |
| Rodney James Clifton | 3rd Dean, Division of Engineering | 1998-2003 |
| Clyde L. Briant | 4th Dean, Division of Engineering | 2003-2006 |
| Gregory Philip Crawford | 5th Dean, Division of Engineering | 2006-2008 |
| Rodney James Clifton | Interim and Founding Dean, Division of Engineering/School of Engineering | 2008-2011 |
| Lawrence E. Larson | 1st Sorensen Family Dean, Brown University School of Engineering | 2011-2022 |
| Tejal A. Desai | 2nd Sorensen Family Dean, Brown University School of Engineering | 2022- |