| Mr | Amir | Tabzar | ILPC | Iran | Other | Petroleum eng. and compressor operator | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Bipin B | Sharan | Tata Motors / NIT Jamshedpur | India | Welding Processes | Cold Metal Transfer Welding of Thin sheets of Polymer Sandwich Steel with E250 Thin Sheets | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Fasil | Tesfaye | Mizan Tepi University | Ethiopia | Advanced welding | Manufacturing Enginee | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Kassahun Amare | Wodaje | Debre Tabor University | Ethiopia | Other | Agriculture | Best Paper Award |
| Mr | GYANENDRA KUMAR | CHATURVEDY | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HAMIRPUR | India | Other | Composite materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Alexandre | Magnus Jordão | CBMM Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração | Brazil | Microstructure-property relationships | NA | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Aqeel | Farooq | University College Dublin | Ireland | Evaluation | Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | usman | Attique | National University of Sciences and Technology | Pakistan | Welding Processes | Incremental Forming of Tailor welded blanks welded through TIG Welding | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Amirhosein | Emami | Kharazmi university | Iran | Other | Mathematical modeling | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Ewunetu | Tazebew | University of Gondar , Injibara university | Ethiopia | Other | energy, climate, environment | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Hailegebreal | Tamirat | Addis Ababa University and Ethiopia Biodiversity Institute | Ethiopia | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | GIS and Remote Sensing | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Waleed | Al-Darkazali | Mustansiriyah University | Iraq | Other | Organic Chemistry | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Torikul | Islam | New Jersey Institute of Technology | United States | Neural network applications | Signal Processing, EEG | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Dame Alemayehu | Efa | Wallaga University | Ethiopia | Welding Processes | Laser Beam Welding Parametric Optimization for AZ31B and 6061-T6 Alloys: Residual Stress and Temperature Analysis Using a CCD, GA and ANN | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Manoj | Saha | National Institute of technology Durgapur | India | Other | Electric Vehicle | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Umamagesh | Ganesan | LSI-MECH ENGINEERS PVT LTD | India | Other | Industry expert | welding Excellence Award |
| Mr | Kai | Wang | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics | China | Including plastics and composites | Automatic fiber placement | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kanawat | Ratanapongpien | King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi | Thailand | Residual Stress | Suface modification | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Fu | Chao | Shandong institute of petroleum and chemical technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Weldability of High-Grade Pipeline Steel | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Jabair Ali | Mohammed | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Welding Processes | effect of Welding parameters on the material | Best Researcher Award |