| Mr | Kaviyarasan | K | Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore | India | Microstructure-property relationships | GTAW | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ikbel | Mallek-Zouari | l’Institut Supérieur des Études Technologiques en Communications de Tunis (Iset’Com) et facuilté des sciences de Tunis | Tunisia | Microstructure-property relationships | Physique/Nanomaterials/environment | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Marta | Buszko | Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences | Poland | Microstructure-property relationships | Material degradation | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ali | Ben Ahmed | University of Sfax Faculty of Sciences | Tunisia | Microstructure-property relationships | Nanomatériaux pour les applications médicales | Best Scholar Award |
| Dr | José Miguel | Davila | Universidad de Huelva | Spain | Microstructure-property relationships | Concrete degradation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Roberto | Parra Saldivar | ITESM | Mexico | Microstructure-property relationships | materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Lorenzo | Torrisi | Università degli studi di Messina | Italy | Microstructure-property relationships | Diffusione di Ar in Grafene e grafene oxide | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Tshepo Karabo William | Mohapi | University of the Free State | South Africa | Microstructure-property relationships | Physics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Kazi-Chishti | Marzooka | Y B Chavan college of Pharmacy | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Pharmaceuticals | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Alexandre | Magnus Jordão | CBMM Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração | Brazil | Microstructure-property relationships | NA | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Branko | Matovic | Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences - National Institute of thе Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade | Serbia | Microstructure-property relationships | solid state welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Rouholah | Ashiri | Iran University of Science and Technology | Iran | Microstructure-property relationships | Welding Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Majid | Elyasi | Babol Noshirvani University of Technology | Iran | Microstructure-property relationships | Metal tube bending | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Fu | Chao | Shandong institute of petroleum and chemical technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Weldability of High-Grade Pipeline Steel | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Chris | Killmore | BlueScope Steel | Australia | Microstructure-property relationships | Weld zone softening during thermal cutting of Abrasion resistant plate | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Valeryi | Kostin | E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute | Ukraine | Microstructure-property relationships | Materials Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yusheng | Shi | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | 电弧增材制造中的微观结构-性能关系 | Best Innovation Award |
| Prof Dr | Rita | John | University of Madras | India | Modeling Welding Strength | Condensed Matter Physics | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hossein | Showkati | Urmia University | Iran | Modeling Welding Strength | Experimental and Numerical Research | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Alexandre de Macêdo | Wahrhaftig | Federal University of Bahia (UFBa) | Brazil | Modeling Welding Strength | Shear stress, Analytical Solution, Computational Modelling | Best Researcher Award |