| Dr | Dongsheng | Wu | Osaka University | Japan | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Arc welding, laser welding and additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ozkan | Gokcekaya | Osaka University | Japan | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Additive Manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ram Sevak | Singh | OP Jindal University, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India | India | Advanced welding | Graphene coating on metal and steels | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Anita | Pritam | Odisha University of Technology and Research (formerly CET), Bhubaneswar | India | Other | Laser drilling and laser engraving | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Oluwaseun | Ajayi | Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife | Nigeria | Neural network applications | Composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Andrii | Kondratiev | O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv | Ukraine | Residual Stress | theoretical and experimental analysis of contemporary composite structures | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sultani Mulk | Khan | NUST University Islamabad | Pakistan | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Structural Health Monitoring | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mian Muhammad | Zobair | NUST | Pakistan | Other | Graph Theory | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Farrokh | Khoshahval | Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute | Iran | Other | Advanced fuel and burnable absorbers designed for long-cycle operation of BNPP | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Islam | Alhindawy | Nuclear Materials Authority | Egypt | Joining of advanced materials | Materials Chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | vijayakumar | krishnan | NPR College of Engineering and Technology | India | Control and automation | Special Electrical Machines/CAD based system design/FEA/FEM based design approach | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Paulo Henrique | Dornelas | NOVA School of Science and Technology | Portugal | Welding Processes | Relação microestrutura - propriedades | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jun | Hao | Northeastern University | China | Other | Metallurgical engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | yanyun | Zhang | Northeastern University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Welding Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jianzhong | Li | Northeastern University | China | Other | Weilding resource recycling | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Amarjeet | Daberao | NMIMS | India | Other | Textile/Dyeing Technology/Chemical Processing Industry | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Nithya | G | Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology | India | Residual Stress | MEMS | Excellence in Innovation |
| Mr | Suresh Kumar | Telagathoti | NIT-Andhra Pradesh | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Mechanical behaviour of Weld joints under Thermal-Mechanical Loading | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Raghavendra | Gujjala | Nit Warangal | India | Including plastics and composites | Composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Pramodkumar | Gurugubelli | NIT Tiruchirapalli | India | Welding Processes | CMT -GMAW multi control welding and Hybrid laser arc welding processes | Best Researcher Award |