| Mr | Chris | Killmore | BlueScope Steel | Australia | Microstructure-property relationships | Weld zone softening during thermal cutting of Abrasion resistant plate | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Valeryi | Kostin | E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute | Ukraine | Microstructure-property relationships | Materials Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yusheng | Shi | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | 电弧增材制造中的微观结构-性能关系 | Best Innovation Award |
| Dr | DHARMALINGAM | G | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of science and Technology | India | Microjoining Process Diffusion Bonding | Additive Manufacturing, powder metallurgy, materials characterization, welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manjusha | Battabyal | International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), India | India | Microjoining Process Diffusion Bonding | Thermoelectric device, contact resistance, device efficiency, transport properties, electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rodolfo | Silva | Universidade Do estado Do Rio Grande Do Norte- UERN | Brazil | Microjoining Process Diffusion Bonding | Fusão atômica | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Mahnoor | Sarfraz | Quaid-i-Azam University | Pakistan | Mathematics | Fluid Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Rajasiva | Lakshmi Bhavan Mani | Hochschule Stralsund | Germany | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | CFD Analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dongsheng | Wu | Osaka University | Japan | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Arc welding, laser welding and additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Suman | Sharma | SKIT Jaipur | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Power System | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Zhuo | Chen | Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China | China | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Multiphase flow and mass transfer | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Digvijay | Singh | Kirloskar Institute of Management, Pune | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Additive Manufacturing,CFDmodeling,Thermal spray Coating | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Dr Safia | Akram | National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad | Pakistan | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Fluid mechanics and dynamics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rodrigo | Farias | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Heat Sources | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Hailemichael | Kebede | Addis Ababa University | Ethiopia | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Mathematical Modeling of subsurface geology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | lijun | Zhou | Liaoning Technical University | China | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Coalbed methance recovery and CO2 sequestration | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Amin | Ebrahimi | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Welding Technology/Computational modelling of laser melting | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hongsheng | Wang | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | 热化学燃料制取 | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof | Hui | Zhao | Yangtze University | China | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Reservoirs Numerical simulation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jhon Jairo | Prias Barragan | University of Quindio | Colombia | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Magnetism in graphene oxide nanoplatelets: The role of hydroxyl and epoxy bridges | Best Researcher Award |