| Dr | Edina | Rusen | University Politehnica Bucharest | Romania | Other | Polymers | Welding Technology Innovation Award |
| Dr | Umar Mohamed | Jamaludeen | College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Post Weld Heat Treatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kulwant | Singh | Chandigarh University, Mohali | India | Solid state welding | Post Welding Heat Treatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Olga | Łastowska | Gdynia Maritime University | Poland | Welding processes | Post-weld finishing | Innovations in Welding Research Award |
| Prof Dr | Omayma | Elkady | Central Metallurgical Research & Development Institute (CMRDI) | Egypt | Including plastics and composites | Powder metallurgy | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kriti | Vaid | DPGITM,Gurgaon | India | Other | Power cables | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Suman | Sharma | SKIT Jaipur | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Power System | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | JOYAL | ISAC S | Saveetha Engineering College | India | Control and automation | Power system control | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | SANTOSH KUMAR | TRIPATHY | GIET UNIVERSITY, GUNUPUR | India | Including plastics and composites | PREPARATION OF COMPOSITE | 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 | Yahya | Ranjbar | Solico Group | Iran | Other | Pricing in supply chain management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mahasweta | Mandal | Jadavpur University | India | Other | Printing and packaging Industry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Joselin Retna Kumar | | SRM Institute of Science and Technology | India | Control and automation | Process Control | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Nowrin Akter | Surovi | Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) | Singapore | Other | Process map generation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Raveen | John | The University of Auckland | New Zealand | Microstructure-property relationships | Processing of composite materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Takele | Demie | St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ad | Ethiopia | Other | Public Health | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Molla Melkamu | Kebede | University of International Business and Economics | China | Other | Public health | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Gürel | ÇAM | Iskenderun Technical University | Turkey | Welding Processes | public university | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Michael | Pecht | University of Maryland - College Park | United States | Joining of advanced materials | Quality in manufacturing and reliability in operation of solders in electronics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Gilma | Gilma Granados | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Colombia | Microstructure-property relationships | Quantum dots | Women Researcher Award |