| Assist Prof Dr | Kenatu | Angassa | Addis Ababa Science and Technology | Ethiopia | Other | Water and wastewater Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yenal | Karaaslan | Turkish National Defence University, Air NCO Vocational HE School | Turkey | Welding processes | International Research Awards on Welding Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Maryam | ABDOLAHPOUR SALARI | Institute of Science and Technology | Turkey | Solid state welding | Electronic devices | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mujahid | Mustaqeem | National Taiwan University | Taiwan | Other | Advanced Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Abdul | Ahad | Tokyo Metropolitan University. | Japan | Solid state welding | Condensed Matter Physics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Abdul | Ahad | Comilla University. | Bangladesh | Solid state welding | Condensed Matter Physics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abdulla | Al-Momin | Jagannath University | Bangladesh | Other | Materials Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Hossam | Balaha | University of Louisville | United States | Neural network applications | Disease and Cancer Diagnoses using AI | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | zhang | yanxin | shanghai jiaotong university | China | Microstructure-property relationships | thermal and mechanical properties/bonding layer/ microelectronic packaging and welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mohammad Hossein | Alizadeh | IASBS | Iran | Other | Mathematics/ Convex Analysis and Optimization | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sivakumar | Subiramani | Thiruvalluvar Government Arts College | India | Residual Stress | Plant stress tolerance | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mehrdad | Aghaie-Khafri | KN Toosi University of Technology | Iran | Residual Stress | Ultrasonic Treatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Senthilkumar | | University of Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | Other | Energy storage and conversion | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | PANDI DIVYA | PORKAI PANDI | NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY | Taiwan | Other | SEMICONDUCTOR | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Eyob Messele | Sefene | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology | Taiwan | Other | Sustainable Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yang | Yang | Yangzhou University | China | Welding Processes | Structural engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kaviyarasan | K | Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore | India | Microstructure-property relationships | GTAW | 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 |
| Dr | Sudesh | Singh | Tsinghua University | China | Including plastics and composites | Composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sandipkumar | Sonawane | MVPSs KBT College of Engineering | India | Characterisation of heat sources | Heat Transfer in Nanofluids | Best Researcher Award |