| Mrs | Alda | Capelo | Universidade de São Paulo | Brazil | Other | Materiais cimentícios | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Alena | PIETRIKOVÁ | Technical University of Kosice | Slovakia | Soldering Surface Modification Inspection | Solder joints | Excellence in Innovation |
| Mr | Alexandre | Magnus Jordão | CBMM Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração | Brazil | Microstructure-property relationships | NA | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Alexandre de Macêdo | Wahrhaftig | Federal University of Bahia (UFBa) | Brazil | Modeling Welding Strength | Shear stress, Analytical Solution, Computational Modelling | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Alexey | Lipatiev | Mendeleev University | Russia | Microstructure-property relationships | Laser micromachining | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ali | Jabbari | Arak University | Iran | Welding Processes | Friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ali | Dorieh | Arian Saeed Industrial Group | Iran | Other | Green synthesis and Wastewater treatment | Excellence in Innovation |
| Prof | Ali | Ben Ahmed | University of Sfax Faculty of Sciences | Tunisia | Microstructure-property relationships | Nanomatériaux pour les applications médicales | Best Scholar Award |
| Dr | Ali | Heidary Moghadam | Islamic Azad University | Iran | Friction welding | FSSW (friction stir spot welding) | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ali | Hashemi | Education | Iran | Evaluation | Appraisal evaluation | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Alphonsa | Helina | St. Joseph's College | India | Joining of advanced materials | Nanomaterials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Aman Deep | Acharya | Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India | India | Other | Material Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Amare | Terfe | Arba Minch Universtiy | Ethiopia | Residual Stress | Toxicology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Amarjeet | Daberao | NMIMS | India | Other | Textile/Dyeing Technology/Chemical Processing Industry | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Americo | Scotti | Federal University of Uberlandia (Brazil)/ University West (Sweden) | Brazil | Welding Processes | wire arc additive manufacturing | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Dr | Amin | Ebrahimi | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Welding Technology/Computational modelling of laser melting | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Amir | Baghdadchi | University West | Sweden | Phase transformations in weldments | Phase analysis | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Amir | Tabzar | ILPC | Iran | Other | Petroleum eng. and compressor operator | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Amir Mohammad | Mirzaei | Politecnico di Torino | Italy | Modeling Welding Strength | Finite fatigue life | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Amirhosein | Emami | Kharazmi university | Iran | Other | Mathematical modeling | Best Researcher Award |