| Prof Dr | Mirco Daniel | Chapetti | University of Mar del Plata - CONICET | Argentina | Modeling Welding Strength | Fatigue integrity | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Mingjing | Jiang | Suzhou University of Science and Technology | China | Other | Geotechnical engineering | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ming-Hsien | Chiang | mProbe | Taiwan | Evaluation | Virtual Reality | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Milton Sergio | Fernandes de Lima | Instituto de Estudos Avancados | Brazil | Advanced welding | Lasers | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mihai-Octavian | Popp | University Lucian Blaga of Sibiu | Romania | Welding Processes | Incremental forming on welded sheets | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Miguel Angel | Garcia | Universidade de Brasília | Brazil | Other | Mechanical Engineering/Fretting fatigue/overhead conductors | 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 | Miao | Yu | Nanjing University | China | Other | Microfluid cooling | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mian Muhammad | Zobair | NUST | Pakistan | Other | Graph Theory | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | MennatAllah | AbouHasswa | Ain-Shams University | Egypt | Solid state welding | materials science | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mehrdad | Aghaie-Khafri | KN Toosi University of Technology | Iran | Residual Stress | Ultrasonic Treatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mehran | ZEYNALIAN | University of Isfahan | Iran | Other | cold formed steel-concrete composite beams | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mehmet Akif | DUNDAR | Yozgat Bozok University | Turkey | Other | Optimal Design | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mehmet | Özkeskin | Ege University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation | Turkey | Other | Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mehenna | Arib | King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre | Saudi Arabia | Other | Radiation dose measurement | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Md. Torequl | Islam | Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj | Bangladesh | Evaluation | Drug Discovery and Development | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Prof Dr | Md. Sultan | Mahomud | Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University | Bangladesh | Other | Food Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Md Ahsan | Habib | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | Other | Environmental Science and Toxicology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mayuri | Baruah | National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur | India | Welding Processes | Laser Welding, FSW, Plasma Welding, Simulation of welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mayank | Jariya | CDAC, Mohali | India | Neural network applications | Silicon defect pattern recognition | Best Researcher Award |