| Dr | NUR NASUHA | DAUD | UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA | Malaysia | Control and automation | autonomous computing, link prediction, social network analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Luciano | Lopes | Embrapa | Brazil | Evaluation | Livestock science | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Sushil | Kumar | CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi | India | Other | Metal Extraction from waste solar PV modules | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pavel | Arkhipov | Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia | Other | alloys formation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Raveen | John | The University of Auckland | New Zealand | Microstructure-property relationships | Processing of composite materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohamed | Karmaoui | University of Oran | United Kingdom | Other | Chemistry/Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Michael | Pecht | University of Maryland - College Park | United States | Joining of advanced materials | Quality in manufacturing and reliability in operation of solders in electronics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Amin | Ebrahimi | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Welding Technology/Computational modelling of laser melting | 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 |
| Dr | Mohammad | Lotfi | Sharif University of Technology | Iran | Including plastics and composites | Surface analysis of CFRP | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sobhan | Patnaik | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | Microstructure-property relationships | Ceramic Nuclear Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rita | Berisio | CNR | Italy | Other | Structural biology, infectious diseases | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hongsheng | Wang | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | 热化学燃料制取 | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Florbela | Carvalheiro | LNEG-Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia | Portugal | Other | Bioenergy and Biorefineries | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhaoyang | Yan | Beijing University of Technology | China | Welding Processes | Welding method / Wire and Arc additive manufacturing | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Kun | Liu | Beijing University of Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM); Arc oscillation | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Zacharias | Fthenakis | Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR | Italy | Other | Chemistry and physics of graphene edges and pores | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Serhat | Tonkul | İzmir Institute of Technology | Turkey | Evaluation | Geothermal Energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Saousan | Chamali | University of Gabes National Engineering School of Gabes | Tunisia | Other | Génie chimique des procèdés | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Maria | Olivares | Universidad del Desarrollo | Chile | Joining of advanced materials | Salud | Women Researcher Award |