| Dr | Wegdan | El-Nadoury | Horus University-Egypt | Egypt | Other | Modelling heat evolution and transfer | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hossam | Sharaka | Egyptian Geological Survey | Egypt | Joining of advanced materials | Therma treatment and Geopolymers | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Filippo | Cucinotta | University of Messina | Italy | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Life Cycle Assessment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mahmoud | Eid | Faculty of science, Tanta university | Egypt | Other | Enhancing properties of smart Nano-materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Antonella | Gervasini | Università degli Studi di Milano | Italy | Other | Water remediation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Thamer | Alomayri | Umm Al-Qura University | Saudi Arabia | Other | Materials science | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | narinder | singh | University of Naples "Parthenope" | Italy | Other | material technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | José Miguel | Davila | Universidad de Huelva | Spain | Microstructure-property relationships | Concrete degradation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pascual | Saura Gómez | Universidad de Alicante | Spain | Other | Corrosión de armaduras en el hormigón armado de los forjados sanitarios | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Amir Mohammad | Mirzaei | Politecnico di Torino | Italy | Modeling Welding Strength | Finite fatigue life | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Dora Alicia | Cortés-Hernández | Cinvestav-Unidad Saltillo | Mexico | Other | Nanomaterials | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Maria João | Bebianno | Centre for Marine and Environmental Research | Portugal | Residual Stress | Ecotoxicology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Roberto | Parra Saldivar | ITESM | Mexico | Microstructure-property relationships | materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rumana | Keyani | Comsats university Islamabad Pakistan | Pakistan | Other | Molecular plant pathology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Lorenzo | Torrisi | Università degli studi di Messina | Italy | Microstructure-property relationships | Diffusione di Ar in Grafene e grafene oxide | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | MUTHUKUMAR | P | KONGUNADU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COLLEGE | India | Soldering Surface Modification Inspection | Cold Metal Transfer Welding,Plasma/Micro Plasma Welding,Finite Element Analysis of Welding process. | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Hossam | Yehia | Helwan university | Egypt | Including plastics and composites | Advanced composite materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Biyun | Xie | University of Kentucky | United States | Control and automation | robotics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Tshepo Karabo William | Mohapi | University of the Free State | South Africa | Microstructure-property relationships | Physics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Alda | Capelo | Universidade de São Paulo | Brazil | Other | Materiais cimentícios | Best Researcher Award |