| Dr | ARGELIA FABIOLA | MIRANDA PEREZ | Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla | Mexico | Phase transformations in weldments | Automatización de procesos | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shayan | Dehghan | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | Solid state welding | Friction stir processing, Joining, FEM | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Nazirul Nazrin | Shahrol Nidzam | Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris | Malaysia | Joining of advanced materials | Radiation shielding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Law Yong | Ng | Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman | Malaysia | Including plastics and composites | Sustainable composite materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Norzita | Ngadi | University of Technology Malaysia | Malaysia | Other | Green materials and Wastewater Treatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nurul | Noor Azman | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia | Other | Radiation protection | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Nader Ghaffari | Khaligh | Malaya University | Malaysia | Other | Growth crystalline structre | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Fadzidah | Mohd Idris | Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia | Malaysia | Other | Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, Polymer composites materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Syed Bahari Ramadzan | Syed Adnan | University of Malaya | Malaysia | Joining of advanced materials | Hybrid electrolyte | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jully | Tan | Monash University Malaysia | Malaysia | Evaluation | Sustainability Assessment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | NUR NASUHA | DAUD | UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA | Malaysia | Control and automation | autonomous computing, link prediction, social network analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | JURI | SAEDON | UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA, MALAYSIA | Malaysia | Characterisation of heat sources | SURFACE COATING | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Anthony Chukwunonso | Opia | Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka | Malaysia | Friction welding | Lubrications | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Ahmet M | Elbir | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Wireless Communications | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Basma | Dashti | Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research | Kuwait | Other | nutrition and food composition database | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Joseph Bophelo | Morake | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | Kenya | Residual Stress | Failure of boiler pipes due to residual stresses | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Abdel-Razzak | Al-Hinnawi | Isra University | Jordan | Other | Medical Image Processing Procedures | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Dongsheng | Wu | Osaka University | Japan | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Arc welding, laser welding and additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Toshio | Yonezawa | Retired Tohoku University | Japan | Evaluation | Reliability of nuclear materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ahmed | Elfadadny | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology | Japan | Other | Cancer therapy | Best Researcher Award |