| Prof Dr | Mehrdad | Aghaie-Khafri | KN Toosi University of Technology | Iran | Residual Stress | Ultrasonic Treatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Senthilkumar | | University of Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | Other | Energy storage and conversion | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | PANDI DIVYA | PORKAI PANDI | NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY | Taiwan | Other | SEMICONDUCTOR | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Eyob Messele | Sefene | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology | Taiwan | Other | Sustainable Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yang | Yang | Yangzhou University | China | Welding Processes | Structural engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kaviyarasan | K | Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore | India | Microstructure-property relationships | GTAW | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Popat | Kumbhar | K.E.Society's, Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Rajaramnagar, (Sangli), MS,India | India | Other | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sudesh | Singh | Tsinghua University | China | Including plastics and composites | Composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sandipkumar | Sonawane | MVPSs KBT College of Engineering | India | Characterisation of heat sources | Heat Transfer in Nanofluids | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Ashutosh | Verma | Indian Institute of Technology Rookee | India | Other | Deformation and strain behaviour of GRS abutments | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ikbel | Mallek-Zouari | l’Institut Supérieur des Études Technologiques en Communications de Tunis (Iset’Com) et facuilté des sciences de Tunis | Tunisia | Microstructure-property relationships | Physique/Nanomaterials/environment | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Luis Dante | Melendez | CIATEQ / TC Energy | Mexico | Other | In-Service Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | MennatAllah | AbouHasswa | Ain-Shams University | Egypt | Solid state welding | materials science | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Mahak | Narang | Delhi Technical Campus | India | Other | Biomedical Signal Processing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Cynthia | Abima | University of Johannesburg South Africa and Pan Atlantic University Lagos | South Africa | Welding Processes | Advanced welding processses | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Johnson | Oluremi | Ladoke Akintola University of Technology | Nigeria | Other | Civil Engineering/Geotechnical/Waste materials recycling and reuse | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mirco Daniel | Chapetti | University of Mar del Plata - CONICET | Argentina | Modeling Welding Strength | Fatigue integrity | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohamed | Arif | zagazig university | Egypt | Other | geopolymer- waste water treatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Olagoke | Olabisi | Infra-Tech Consulting LLC | United States | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Internal Corrosion Monitoring | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Joseph Bophelo | Morake | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | Kenya | Residual Stress | Failure of boiler pipes due to residual stresses | Best Researcher Award |