| Mr | NASIBUL | ALAM | Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | India | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Geospatial modelling | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohamed | Arif | zagazig university | Egypt | Other | geopolymer- waste water treatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nirmalya | Chatterjee | IIT Bombay | India | Other | Geology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Saousan | Chamali | University of Gabes National Engineering School of Gabes | Tunisia | Other | Génie chimique des procèdés | Best Paper Award |
| Mr | Ahmad | Ajjaq | Gazi University | Turkey | Other | Gas Sensors | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Muhammad | isa Khan | Rahim Yar Khan campus, The islamia university of Bahawalpur, Pakistan | Pakistan | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Gas sensing Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mohammad | Bazvand | Technosharif (Sharif university of technology) | Iran | Other | Gas hydrate | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Sripriyan | K | PSG College of Technology | India | Characterisation of heat sources | fusion welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rodolfo | Silva | Universidade Do estado Do Rio Grande Do Norte- UERN | Brazil | Microjoining Process Diffusion Bonding | Fusão atômica | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Azeem | Pasha | KNSIT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Functionally graded materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Weih | Lee | Sherwin-Williams | United States | Joining of advanced materials | functional coatings | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Kamran | Dehghani | Amirkabir Univ. Techno. | Iran | Neural network applications | FSW/FSP | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ali | Heidary Moghadam | Islamic Azad University | Iran | Friction welding | FSSW (friction stir spot welding) | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Subhajit | Mondal | National Institute of Technology Rourkela | India | Welding processes | FRP lap splices using CNTs and its probabilistic modelling | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Boopathi | Sampath | Muthayammal Engineering College | India | Friction welding | Friction-Stir Welding-Modelling and Optimization | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Beata | Skowrońska | Warsaw University of Technology/Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering | Poland | Joining of advanced materials | friction welding; hybrid fusion welding | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Ramesh Kumar | R | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology | India | Friction welding | Friction Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Devinder | Yadav | Indian Institute of Technology Patna | India | Advanced welding | Friction surfacing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rahul | Kumar | Suresh Gyan Vihar University | India | Friction welding | Friction stir welding of cast aluminum alloy | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Akbar | Heidarzadeh | Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University | Iran | Solid state welding | Friction Stir Welding (FSW) | Best Researcher Award |