| 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 |
| Mr | Shah Samir | | Gujarat technological university | India | Advanced welding | Ultrasonic metal welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Sedat | BALLIKAYA | Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa | Turkey | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Thermoelectric materials&technology, hybrid energy systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohammad | Lotfi | Sharif University of Technology | Iran | Including plastics and composites | Surface analysis of CFRP | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | CHIRANJIVI | SHARMA | Siddhi Ganesh Secondary School | Nepal | Other | Exploring the combination of grafting time and scion cultivar in walnut grafting success under open field conditions | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sobhan | Patnaik | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | Microstructure-property relationships | Ceramic Nuclear Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhimin | Fan | Harbin Institute of Technology | China | Joining of advanced materials | MXene film | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Nowrin Akter | Surovi | Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) | Singapore | Other | Process map generation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rita | Berisio | CNR | Italy | Other | Structural biology, infectious diseases | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Kamran | Dehghani | Amirkabir Univ. Techno. | Iran | Neural network applications | FSW/FSP | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Sandra | Chacón-Fernández | UPM | Spain | Welding Processes | GMAW | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yunxiang | Shu | Anhui Jianzhu University, China | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Micro/nano composite structure | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Dimitrios | Sophianopoulos | University of Thessaly | Greece | Residual Stress | Resistance of Welds | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zacharias | Fthenakis | Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR | Italy | Other | Chemistry and physics of graphene edges and pores | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hui | Zhao | Yangtze University | China | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Reservoirs Numerical simulation | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Miguel Angel | Garcia | Universidade de Brasília | Brazil | Other | Mechanical Engineering/Fretting fatigue/overhead conductors | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ashish Madhukar | Gujrathi | Sultan Qaboos University | Oman | Neural network applications | Optimization of Chemical Processes | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Serhat | Tonkul | İzmir Institute of Technology | Turkey | Evaluation | Geothermal Energy | Best Researcher Award |