| Prof Dr | Mohammad Washim | Dewan | Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Gazipur | Bangladesh | Welding Processes | Dissimilar Material Joining | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Mohit | Dhamarikar | Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya | India | Including plastics and composites | Natural fibers | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Souhail | Dhouib | Higher Institute of Industrial Management, University of Sfax | Tunisia | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Artificial intelligence / algorithms – heuristics and meta-heuristics / engineering management / materials handling – robotics | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Guido | Di Bella | Università degli Studi di Messina | Italy | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Friction Stir Welding | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | Luigi | Di Sarno | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom | Evaluation | Stress locale | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Lemma | Diriba | Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research | Ethiopia | Other | Crop improvement for Food security | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhiqiang | Dong | Southeast University | China | Welding Processes | Civil engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Jasmina | Đorđević | Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics | Serbia | Other | Stochastic modeling in biology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ali | Dorieh | Arian Saeed Industrial Group | Iran | Other | Green synthesis and Wastewater treatment | Excellence in Innovation |
| Mr | Paulo Henrique | Dornelas | NOVA School of Science and Technology | Portugal | Welding Processes | Relação microestrutura - propriedades | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Zhi-he | Dou | School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Synthesis and Preparation of Metal Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhanpeng | Du | Jiangsu University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Self-piercing riveting | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Lingaraju | Dumpala | University College of Engineering kakinada | India | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mehmet Akif | DUNDAR | Yozgat Bozok University | Turkey | Other | Optimal Design | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Andrea | Dzubinska | University of Pavol Jozef Safarik in Kosice, Slovakia | Slovakia | Other | Magnetism, Magnetic Materials, Rare-eaths | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Waleed | Ead | Beni-Suef University | Egypt | Other | IOT, artificial intelligence | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Amin | Ebrahimi | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Welding Technology/Computational modelling of laser melting | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Kosar | Ebrahimzadeh Azbari | University of Qom | Iran | Evaluation | Optimal wastewater allocation with the development of an SECA multi-criteria decision-making method | Young Scientist Award |
| Ms | Kosar | Ebrahimzadeh Azbari | University of Qom | Iran | Evaluation | Optimal wastewater allocation with the development of an SECA multi-criteria decision-making method | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Dame Alemayehu | Efa | Wallaga University | Ethiopia | Welding Processes | Laser Beam Welding Parametric Optimization for AZ31B and 6061-T6 Alloys: Residual Stress and Temperature Analysis Using a CCD, GA and ANN | Best Researcher Award |