| Dr | Olga | Łastowska | Gdynia Maritime University | Poland | Welding processes | Post-weld finishing | Innovations in Welding Research Award |
| Mr | Rajasiva | Lakshmi Bhavan Mani | Hochschule Stralsund | Germany | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | CFD Analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Frédéric | LACHAUD | Institut Clément Ader | France | Other | Damage, Failure, Bio-Composite | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Inés | Küster Boluda | Universidad de Valencia | Spain | Other | Marketing | Top 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 |
| Dr | Popat | Kumbhar | K.E.Society's, Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Rajaramnagar, (Sangli), MS,India | India | Other | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Praveen | Kumar | DELHI SKILL AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OKHLA II CAMPUS | India | Engineering | Mechanical/Production/Tool Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rahul | Kumar | Suresh Gyan Vihar University | India | Friction welding | Friction stir welding of cast aluminum alloy | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | VINEET | KUMAR | IIT (BHU) Varanasi | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Waste utilization | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sanjeev | Kumar | Subharti Institute of Technology and Engineering | India | Welding Processes | Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| 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 |
| Prof Dr | Sibel | Kucukoglu | Faculty of Nursing/Department of Child and Disease Nursing | Turkey | Welding Processes | Newborn welding | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Omer | Kucuk | Kastamonu University | Turkey | Neural network applications | Forest fire | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | vijayakumar | krishnan | NPR College of Engineering and Technology | India | Control and automation | Special Electrical Machines/CAD based system design/FEA/FEM based design approach | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Valeryi | Kostin | E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute | Ukraine | Microstructure-property relationships | Materials Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yury | Korobov | M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia | Phase transformations in weldments | Welding materials of metastable austenite structure | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sergey | Korobeynikov | Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics | Russia | Joining of advanced materials | nanomechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Andrii | Kondratiev | O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv | Ukraine | Residual Stress | theoretical and experimental analysis of contemporary composite structures | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Prashanth | Konda Gokuldoss | Tallinn University of Technology | Estonia | Joining of advanced materials | Additive Manufacturing | Outstanding Scientist Award |