| Dr | Nikola | Biliskov | Rudjer Boskovic Institute / McGill University | Croatia | Microstructure-property relationships | Solid-state chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Guoliang | Qin | Shandong University | China | Welding Processes | Solid-state Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | vijayakumar | krishnan | NPR College of Engineering and Technology | India | Control and automation | Special Electrical Machines/CAD based system design/FEA/FEM based design approach | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | velrajkumar | g | Easwari Engineering College | India | Welding processes | Steel concrete composite | Young Scientist Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Lei | Guo | Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Admin | China | Joining of advanced materials | Steel-Concrete Composite Structures; Enerdy Dissipation Device | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Jasmina | Đorđević | Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics | Serbia | Other | Stochastic modeling in biology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | vivek | pratap | DMSRDE, DRDO Kanpur | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Strategic Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Luigi | Di Sarno | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom | Evaluation | Stress locale | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Rita | Berisio | CNR | Italy | Other | Structural biology, infectious diseases | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Hamid Reza | Ahmadi | University of Maragheh | Iran | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | structural damage detection | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | LINGESHWARAN | N | KL UNIVERSITY | India | Other | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yang | Yang | Yangzhou University | China | Welding Processes | Structural engineering | 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 |
| Prof | Ahmed | El-Sayed | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Other | Structural Engineering | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Mr | Sultani Mulk | Khan | NUST University Islamabad | Pakistan | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Structural Health Monitoring | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Umer | Zahid | University of Wollongong | Australia | Other | Structural Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | HAMSAVATHI | K | NIT PUDUCHERRY | India | Residual Stress | STRUCTURAL MEMBERS | Best Paper Award |
| Mr | Kanawat | Ratanapongpien | King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi | Thailand | Residual Stress | Suface modification | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohammad | Lotfi | Sharif University of Technology | Iran | Including plastics and composites | Surface analysis of CFRP | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | JURI | SAEDON | UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA, MALAYSIA | Malaysia | Characterisation of heat sources | SURFACE COATING | Excellence in Research |