| Dr | Susmita | Datta | IIT Kharagpur | India | Neural network applications | Laser welding of NiTinol | 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 |
| Dr | Genchen | Peng | Jiangsu XCMG Construction Machinery Research Institution Ltd. | China | Welding Processes | Laser-arc hybrid welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Milton Sergio | Fernandes de Lima | Instituto de Estudos Avancados | Brazil | Advanced welding | Lasers | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Dr | Bende | Luo | South China University of Technology | China | Control and automation | Legged Robot | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Filippo | Cucinotta | University of Messina | Italy | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Life Cycle Assessment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Narottam | Acharya | Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India | India | Other | Life Sciences | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Penchal Reddy | Matli | Sri Krishnadevara University | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Light weight technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mohamed | Abdelfattah | Ain shams university | Egypt | Other | Lightweight aggregate | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Yahya Hoque | Mozumder | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Lightweight steel | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Aydan | Aksoğan Korkmaz | Malatya Turgut Özal University | Turkey | Evaluation | lignite-biomass pyrolysis | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ashok Kumar | Verma | Govind Ballabh Pant University of Technology and Agriculture, Pantnagar | India | Other | Liquid Bio-fuel technology | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Luciano | Lopes | Embrapa | Brazil | Evaluation | Livestock science | Best Paper Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yong | Xiao | Wuhan University of Technology | China | Welding Processes | Low-temperature soldering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anthony Chukwunonso | Opia | Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka | Malaysia | Friction welding | Lubrications | Excellence in Research |
| Assist Prof Dr | Manoj | Kumar | Rajkumar Goyal Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Machine Learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ulagammai | M | Saveetha Engineering college | India | Neural network applications | Machine learning and neural network applications | Women Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Pralhad | Patole | Bharati Vidyapeeths College of Engineering, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India | India | Other | Machining with nano fluid, Design of Experimentseriments, Research M | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Jhon Jairo | Prias Barragan | University of Quindio | Colombia | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Magnetism in graphene oxide nanoplatelets: The role of hydroxyl and epoxy bridges | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Andrea | Dzubinska | University of Pavol Jozef Safarik in Kosice, Slovakia | Slovakia | Other | Magnetism, Magnetic Materials, Rare-eaths | Best Researcher Award |