| Dr | Farida Ashraf | Ali | Sikhsha 'O' Anusandhan University | India | Other | Material characterization & sensing property | Women Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Rachid | Tiskatine | ENSAH, Abdelmalek Essaadi University | Morocco | Characterisation of heat sources | Thermal characterization | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhanpeng | Du | Jiangsu University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Self-piercing riveting | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chenwei | Shao | Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Fatigue and Fracture | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Ravi | Prasad | JK Lakshmipat University Jaipur | India | Welding Processes | Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kun | Liu | Jiangsu University of Science and Technology | China | Advanced welding | Diffusion bonding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chanakyan | Chandrasekaran | R.V.S. College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India | India | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Friction Stir Processing, Friction Stir Welding, Composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhiqiang | Dong | Southeast University | China | Welding Processes | Civil engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mojtaba | Esmailzadeh | Persian Gulf university | Iran | Welding Processes | welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sikiru Adepoju | Mohammed | Nigerian Defence Academy | Nigeria | Evaluation | Tribology and Corrosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sukanta | Karati | IIEST, Sbibpur, WB, India | India | Other | Pavement Design | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yu | Zhang | University of Pennsylvania | United States | Residual Stress | Residual stresses explaining clinical fractures of bilayer zirconia and lithium disilicate crowns: A VFEM study | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Jasmi | K K | St. Thomas' College, University of Calicut, Thrissur | India | Other | Material Science | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Fadzidah | Mohd Idris | Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia | Malaysia | Other | Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, Polymer composites materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Zhong | Hu | South Dakota State University | United States | Residual Stress | Pressure Vessel and Piping/Material Constitutive Model/Computer Modeling | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | AKSHAT | AGHA | FADI-AMT LLC | United States | Joining of advanced materials | Characterization and Modeling of Adhesive bonded multi-material joints | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sergey | Prikhodko | University of California Los Angeles | United States | Microstructure-property relationships | metal-composite bilayer structures | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Luping | Yin | New York University | United States | Other | Neuroscience/Female/reproductive behavior | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | JEGATHEESWARAN | D | Sona College of Technology, Salem - 636005 | India | Other | Building and Construction Materials, Concrete Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Nader Ghaffari | Khaligh | Malaya University | Malaysia | Other | Growth crystalline structre | Best Researcher Award |