| Prof | Zhi-he | Dou | School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Synthesis and Preparation of Metal Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jacques Romain | Njimou | School of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Industries, University of Ngaoundere | Cameroon | Joining of advanced materials | Material Chemistry, novel multi-function material from secondary resources i.e. Metal-Organic Materials (MOM), Nanodsorbents, and nanobiocomposites | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Prof Dr | Satish | Pardeshi | Savitribai Phule Pune University, India | India | Welding Processes | Second harmonic generation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bovas Herbert Bejaxhin | A | Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai | India | Other | Vibration Analysis, Coatings, Surface Analysis in machining, EDM | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Mr | JOYAL | ISAC S | Saveetha Engineering College | India | Control and automation | Power system control | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | KARPAGA | PRIYA | SAVEETHA ENGINEERING COLLEGE | India | Other | renewable, embedded systems, wireless networks | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | PADMAVATHI | THIYAGARAJAN | Saveetha Engineering College | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Bio fluid dynamics/ Mathematics/ Chennai | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ulagammai | M | Saveetha Engineering college | India | Neural network applications | Machine learning and neural network applications | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manjula | Muthurathinam | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Other | Computational Materials Science | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | T.Thaj Mary | Delsy | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Neural network applications | Signal Processing | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | MALLIGA | PALANIVELU | SATHYABAMA INSTITUE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | India | Other | MATERIALS SCIENCE | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anderson | A | sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Residual Stress | Surface Coatings | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Vimal | Patel | Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat | India | Other | Hydraulic machines | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ahad | Samadi | Sanahd University of Technology | Iran | Brazing | Phase transformations | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Saeed | Asadi | Sahand University of technology | Iran | Phase transformations in weldments | Microstructural evolution in the heat-affected zone of laser-welded superelastic NiTi alloy wire | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Tohid | Saeid | Sahand University of Technology | Iran | Microstructure-property relationships | Microstructure and Texture | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Farzad | Habibi | Sahand university of Technology | Iran | Brazing | phase transformations | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Farzad | Habibi | Sahand University of Technology | Iran | Brazing | Carbide to steel joining | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Nikola | Biliskov | Rudjer Boskovic Institute / McGill University | Croatia | Microstructure-property relationships | Solid-state chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Toshio | Yonezawa | Retired Tohoku University | Japan | Evaluation | Reliability of nuclear materials | Best Researcher Award |