| Assist Prof Dr | Hafiz | Rafey | Shifa Tameer e Millat University Islamabad | Pakistan | Evaluation | Computational Modeling, drug discovery, | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mahasweta | Mandal | Jadavpur University | India | Other | Printing and packaging Industry | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Manoj | Kumar | Rajkumar Goyal Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Machine Learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mehmet | Özkeskin | Ege University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation | Turkey | Other | Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Majid | Elyasi | Babol Noshirvani University of Technology | Iran | Microstructure-property relationships | Metal tube bending | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kai | Wang | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics | China | Including plastics and composites | Automatic fiber placement | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Yasser | Elsharkawy | Military technical college | Egypt | Welding Processes | Biomedical engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | JORGE | FERNANDEZ | UNICAMP | Brazil | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Hybrid Dielectric Plasmonic Waveguide | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kanawat | Ratanapongpien | King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi | Thailand | Residual Stress | Suface modification | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nikita | Martyushev | Tomsk Polytechnic University | Russia | Process Electrical Resistance Welding Electronic Packaging and Reliability Nano | Electric contact welding of rails | 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 |
| Mr | Chris | Killmore | BlueScope Steel | Australia | Microstructure-property relationships | Weld zone softening during thermal cutting of Abrasion resistant plate | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Outhmane | Siar | ArcelorMittal R&D | France | Welding Processes | Resistance Spot Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | El-Sayed M. | Sherif | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Other | Materials Science/Electrochemistry/Corrosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | YOMNA | ABDALLAH | Universitat Internacional de catalunya | Spain | Welding Processes | Biofabrication/Architecture | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Alberto T. | Estevez | Universitat Internacional de catalunya | Spain | Welding Processes | Biofabrication/Architecture | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Antonio | Pereira | University of Aveiro | Portugal | Welding Processes | Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Valeryi | Kostin | E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute | Ukraine | Microstructure-property relationships | Materials Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Elena | Scutelnicu | "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati | Romania | Welding processes | Behaviour of materials subjected to welding | Best Researcher Award |