| Dr | Kumaraswamy | J | R. L. Jalappa Institute of Technology | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Composite materials science | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Khizar | Abbas | China University of Geosciences | Pakistan | Neural network applications | Welding Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | GANGADHAR T G | | SJBIT | India | Including plastics and composites | COMPOSITES | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Gabriel | Demeneghi | NASA | United States | Friction welding | Failure Analaysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Birhaneslasie Gebeyehu | Yazew | Injibara University, Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Other | Nursing process | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rodrigo | Farias | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Heat Sources | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Atsbaha | Gebreslassie | Ethiopia Institute of Agricultural research | Ethiopia | Other | Agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Himayat | Ullah | CESAT Islamabad | Pakistan | Other | Modelling and Simulation of stuctures | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ahmad | Nassef | University of Buraimi | Oman | Other | Engineering Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Jagdhar | Mandal | T.M.B.U Bhagalpur | India | Solid state welding | Binary and ternary alloys | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hossein | Showkati | Urmia University | Iran | Modeling Welding Strength | Experimental and Numerical Research | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sergey | Korobeynikov | Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics | Russia | Joining of advanced materials | nanomechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Hailemichael | Kebede | Addis Ababa University | Ethiopia | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Mathematical Modeling of subsurface geology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | JOTHILINGAM | M | ICCW IITM Chennai | India | Evaluation | Waste to wealth | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Alexandre de Macêdo | Wahrhaftig | Federal University of Bahia (UFBa) | Brazil | Modeling Welding Strength | Shear stress, Analytical Solution, Computational Modelling | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Robab | Naseri Ghalghachi | Urmia university | Iran | Including plastics and composites | Fiber reinforced polymer composite materials | 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 |
| Dr | Shahram | Hosseini | Tarbiat Modares University | Iran | Other | Hyperelastic, Meshless Method | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Syed Bahari Ramadzan | Syed Adnan | University of Malaya | Malaysia | Joining of advanced materials | Hybrid electrolyte | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Imtiaz Ali | Soomro | Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro Sindh Pakistan, 76062 | Pakistan | Process Electrical Resistance Welding Electronic Packaging and Reliability Nano | Microstructure-Property relationship, welding metallurgy, phase transformation | Best Researcher Award |