| Prof | Wenjian | Wang | Southwest Jiaotong University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Contact fatigue and control of wheel-rail system | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Sang Yeob | Kim | Konkuk University | South Korea | Evaluation | Geotechnical Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Songbai | Xue | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics | China | Advanced welding | soldering and brazing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Sedat | BALLIKAYA | Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa | Turkey | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Thermoelectric materials&technology, hybrid energy systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Kamran | Dehghani | Amirkabir Univ. Techno. | Iran | Neural network applications | FSW/FSP | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Dimitrios | Sophianopoulos | University of Thessaly | Greece | Residual Stress | Resistance of Welds | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hui | Zhao | Yangtze University | China | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Reservoirs Numerical simulation | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ashish Madhukar | Gujrathi | Sultan Qaboos University | Oman | Neural network applications | Optimization of Chemical Processes | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ashraf | El-Shamy | National Research Centre, Egypt | Egypt | Visual | Microstructure | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | SHOU-SHING | HSIEH | National Sun Yat-sen University | Taiwan | Modeling Welding Strength | Cooling of Electronic Equipments | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jianzhong | Li | Northeastern University | China | Other | Weilding resource recycling | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Shashikala | A | Acharya Institute of Technology | India | Friction welding | Smart Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Fugang | Qi | Xiangtan University | China | Other | Ion beam surface modification | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Rufang | Lu | Pangang Group Research Institute Co. Ltd. | China | Other | TiO2 pigment | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | AAZIZ | JMIAI | Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University | Morocco | Other | Corrosion et Inhibition de la corrosion des matériaux métalique | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Tohid | Saeid | Sahand University of Technology | Iran | Microstructure-property relationships | Microstructure and Texture | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Wan | Jun | Wuhan Textile University | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Microwave Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ashok Kumar | Verma | Govind Ballabh Pant University of Technology and Agriculture, Pantnagar | India | Other | Liquid Bio-fuel technology | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Prof | Lala Behari | Sukla | SOA University | India | Welding Processes | Bioleaching of Tungsten | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jun | Wan | Wuhan Textile University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Material Interface Science | Young Scientist Award |