| Dr | Farook | Sayyad | Ajeenkya DY Patil School of Engineering, Pune, India | India | Welding Processes | Welding defects | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Baris | Sayin | Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa | Turkey | Solid state welding | Realistic simulation of response of a piping system in a blast event | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Rehab | Sayed | National Center for Radiation Research & Technology,Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority | Egypt | Other | Entomology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rudresha | Savandaiah | JSS Academy of Technical Education Noida, India | India | Advanced welding | Thermal Power Engineering | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Pascual | Saura Gómez | Universidad de Alicante | Spain | Other | Corrosión de armaduras en el hormigón armado de los forjados sanitarios | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Prashant | Sarswat | University of Utah | United States | Other | selective laser melting | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Debasish | Sarkar | National Institute of Technology, Rourkela | India | Other | Biomedical Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Dina Keumala | Sari | Universitas Sumatera Utara | Indonesia | Other | physical activity and nutrition | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mahnoor | Sarfraz | Quaid-i-Azam University | Pakistan | Mathematics | Fluid Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Boopathi | Sampath | Muthayammal Engineering College | India | Friction welding | Friction-Stir Welding-Modelling and Optimization | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yaknesh | Sambath | Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research | India | Solid state welding | Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | PIJUS KANTI | SAMANTA | P K COLEGE, CONTAI | India | Other | ENERGY MATERIALS | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Ahad | Samadi | Sanahd University of Technology | Iran | Brazing | Phase transformations | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | KAREEM | SALLOOMI | UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD | Iraq | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Computational mechanics, Vibrations, Finite element method,Coupled thermo-mechanical simulation | Excellence in Research |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mamta | Saiyad | Nirma University | India | Other | Radiation Hardened composites/ Polymer Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nitin | Saini | University of Alberta | Canada | Welding Processes | Weldability of power plant steels | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Mustapha | SAHAl | Laboratoire de recherche : Physique, Énergie, Traitement de l’Information (Lab. PETI), Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Ouarzazate | Morocco | Other | Modélisation et Simulation de cellules solaires à base de couches minces | Top Researcher Award |
| Mr | Manoj | Saha | National Institute of technology Durgapur | India | Other | Electric Vehicle | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | PREM | SAGAR | The Technological Institute of Textile and Sciences | India | Friction welding | HYBRID NANOCOMPOSTE MATERIALS/FRICTION STIR PROCESSING | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Tohid | Saeid | Sahand University of Technology | Iran | Microstructure-property relationships | Microstructure and Texture | Excellence in Research |