| Dr | Narottam | Acharya | Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India | India | Other | Life Sciences | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pavel | Arkhipov | Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia | Other | alloys formation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Marta | Buszko | Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences | Poland | Microstructure-property relationships | Material degradation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Lei | Guo | Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Admin | China | Joining of advanced materials | Steel-Concrete Composite Structures; Enerdy Dissipation Device | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Viktoriia | Talaniuk | Institute of electrowelding by E.O. Patona. Kiev. Ukraine | Ukraine | Joining of advanced materials | Development of Polyhydroxybutyrate-Based Packaging Films and Methods to Their Ultrasonic Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Frédéric | LACHAUD | Institut Clément Ader | France | Other | Damage, Failure, Bio-Composite | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Lakhdar | Taleb | INSA of Rouen, France | France | Modeling Welding Strength | Mechanical Consequences of phase changes/mechanics of materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Serdar | Altin | Inonu university | Turkey | Evaluation | Battery electrodes | Top Researcher Award |
| Mr | Birhaneslasie Gebeyehu | Yazew | Injibara University, Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Other | Nursing process | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Binega | Derebe | Injibara University | Ethiopia | Other | Wildlife, Ecotourism, and Forestry | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Olagoke | Olabisi | Infra-Tech Consulting LLC | United States | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Internal Corrosion Monitoring | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Mohammed | Al-Sarem | Information System Department,Taibah Univesity | Saudi Arabia | Other | Smart reference evapotranspiration | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Reza | Beygi | INEGI | Portugal | Solid state welding | Friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Raul | Campilho | INEGI | Portugal | Joining of advanced materials | Adhesive bonding of composite materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | ANGSHUMAN | CHATTOPADHYAY | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KHARAGPUR | India | Welding processes | LASER WELDING | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Ashutosh | Verma | Indian Institute of Technology Rookee | India | Other | Deformation and strain behaviour of GRS abutments | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Devinder | Yadav | Indian Institute of Technology Patna | India | Advanced welding | Friction surfacing | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Uttam | Singh | Indian Institute of Technology Mandi | India | Other | Urban Studies | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ankush | Sharma | Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai | India | Other | Aerospace Engineering/Fiber metal laminates | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Vaibhav | Anuse | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | India | Including plastics and composites | Compression-after-impact analysis of FRP composites | Best Researcher Award |