| Dr | Sushil | Kumar | CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi | India | Other | Metal Extraction from waste solar PV modules | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Manoj | Kumar | Rajkumar Goyal Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Machine Learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Popat | Kumbhar | K.E.Society's, Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Rajaramnagar, (Sangli), MS,India | India | Other | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ajoy | Kumer | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology | Bangladesh | Joining of advanced materials | Chemistry and Computational Chemistry & Biology | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof Dr | Inés | Küster Boluda | Universidad de Valencia | Spain | Other | Marketing | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof | Frédéric | LACHAUD | Institut Clément Ader | France | Other | Damage, Failure, Bio-Composite | Top Researcher Award |
| Mr | Rajasiva | Lakshmi Bhavan Mani | Hochschule Stralsund | Germany | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | CFD Analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Olga | Łastowska | Gdynia Maritime University | Poland | Welding processes | Post-weld finishing | Innovations in Welding Research Award |
| Dr | Weih | Lee | Sherwin-Williams | United States | Joining of advanced materials | functional coatings | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | kashinath | lellala | Xavier University of Louisania | United States | Other | Materials science | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Estifanos | Lemma | Debre Berhan University | Ethiopia | Other | Natural Resource Manangement | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | K.Anton Savio | Lewise | Karunya Institute of Technology & Sciences | India | Residual Stress | Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jianzhong | Li | Northeastern University | China | Other | Weilding resource recycling | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kaihsiang | Lin | UW | Taiwan | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Radiative properties and oxidation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Alexey | Lipatiev | Mendeleev University | Russia | Microstructure-property relationships | Laser micromachining | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kun | Liu | Jiangsu University of Science and Technology | China | Advanced welding | Diffusion bonding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Li | Liu | Tianjin University | China | Evaluation | Two-sided matching modeling | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kun | Liu | Beijing University of Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM); Arc oscillation | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Liming | Liu | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | vacuum arc | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Yu | Liu | Hefei University of Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Thermoelectricity, Materials Science | Young Scientist Award |