| Prof | Behrooz | Beidokhti | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | Iran | Welding Processes | HIC in Pipeline Electrical Resistance Welds | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mao-Kuo | Wei | National Dong Hwa University | Taiwan | Other | High Energy Physics and Computational Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Hamed | Sabet | Department of Materials Engineering, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, | Iran | Joining of advanced materials | high entropy alloy | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Hyeok Hweon | Kang | Washington University in St. Louis | United States | Other | History of metalworking | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Seid Hussen | Muhie | Wollo University | Ethiopia | Other | Horticulture/Crop Physiology/Fertilizer | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | JORGE | FERNANDEZ | UNICAMP | Brazil | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Hybrid Dielectric Plasmonic Waveguide | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Syed Bahari Ramadzan | Syed Adnan | University of Malaya | Malaysia | Joining of advanced materials | Hybrid electrolyte | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | PREM | SAGAR | The Technological Institute of Textile and Sciences | India | Friction welding | HYBRID NANOCOMPOSTE MATERIALS/FRICTION STIR PROCESSING | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Vimal | Patel | Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat | India | Other | Hydraulic machines | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shahram | Hosseini | Tarbiat Modares University | Iran | Other | Hyperelastic, Meshless Method | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Gunasekaran | Murali | Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University | Russia | Other | impact strength and fracture toughness of two-stage fibrous concrete comprising nano carbon tubes | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Luis Dante | Melendez | CIATEQ / TC Energy | Mexico | Other | In-Service Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Naima | FDIL | Marrakesh school of Medicine | Morocco | Other | Inborn Errors of metabolisme | Excellence in Research |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Jacek | Górka | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | Welding Processes | Inconel | Research Pioneer Award in Welding |
| Mr | usman | Attique | National University of Sciences and Technology | Pakistan | Welding Processes | Incremental Forming of Tailor welded blanks welded through TIG Welding | Excellence in Research |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mihai-Octavian | Popp | University Lucian Blaga of Sibiu | Romania | Welding Processes | Incremental forming on welded sheets | Excellence in Research |
| Assist Prof Dr | Zainab | Bibi | Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST), Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-75300, Pakistan | Pakistan | Microstructure-property relationships | Industrial and Nano-biotechnology | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Kassu | Sileyew | Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa University | Ethiopia | Other | Industrial Safety | Best Faculty Award |
| Mr | Umamagesh | Ganesan | LSI-MECH ENGINEERS PVT LTD | India | Other | Industry expert | welding Excellence Award |
| Dr | Bohdan | Trembach | Private Joint Stock Company “Novokramatorsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod” | Ukraine | Welding processes | Influence of the core filler composition on the recovery of alloying elements during the self-shielded flux-cored arc welding | Best Researcher Award |