| Dr | Sikiru Adepoju | Mohammed | Nigerian Defence Academy | Nigeria | Evaluation | Tribology and Corrosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mojtaba | Esmailzadeh | Persian Gulf university | Iran | Welding Processes | welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhiqiang | Dong | Southeast University | China | Welding Processes | Civil engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chanakyan | Chandrasekaran | R.V.S. College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India | India | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Friction Stir Processing, Friction Stir Welding, Composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kun | Liu | Jiangsu University of Science and Technology | China | Advanced welding | Diffusion bonding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ravi | Prasad | JK Lakshmipat University Jaipur | India | Welding Processes | Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhanpeng | Du | Jiangsu University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Self-piercing riveting | 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 | Yoshio | Utaka | Tianjin University | China | Weld pool solidification | Heat transfer | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Miao | Yu | Nanjing University | China | Other | Microfluid cooling | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Fiddy Semba | Prasetiya | National Research and Innovation Agency Republic of Indonesia (BRIN) | Indonesia | Other | drug discovery | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Harvinder | Singh | Chandigarh Engineering College Landran(Mohali) | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Surface Coatings | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Pramod Kumar | Singh | Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow | India | Residual Stress | BCS LEACHATES CHARACTERIZATION AND STABILIZATION | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Umer | Zahid | University of Wollongong | Australia | Other | Structural Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mayuri | Baruah | National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur | India | Welding Processes | Laser Welding, FSW, Plasma Welding, Simulation of welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tapano Kumar | Hotta | Vellore Institute of Technology | India | Other | Heat Transfer/Electronic Cooling | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Jagdhar | Mandal | T.M.B.U. Bhagalpur | India | Welding Processes | Condensed Matter/ Alloys | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ragupathi | Masilamani | IITM Chennai | India | Phase transformations in weldments | Tubular Joint | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Lei | Guo | Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Admin | China | Joining of advanced materials | Steel-Concrete Composite Structures; Enerdy Dissipation Device | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sanjeev | Kumar | Subharti Institute of Technology and Engineering | India | Welding Processes | Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |