| Mr | Umamagesh | Ganesan | LSI-MECH ENGINEERS PVT LTD | India | Other | Industry expert | welding Excellence Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Dan | Birsan | Dunarea de Jos University of Galati | Romania | Modeling Welding Strength | welding FEA | welding Excellence Award |
| Dr | Edina | Rusen | University Politehnica Bucharest | Romania | Other | Polymers | Welding Technology Innovation Award |
| Dr | Moera | Gutu | Adama Science and Technology University | Ethiopia | Welding Processes | laser beam, plasma welding | Welding Technology Innovation Award |
| Dr | Saida | Makhloufi | Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables | Algeria | Evaluation | Energie | Women Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | afreen | khursheed | IIIT BHOPAL | India | Other | vlsi and nanotechnology | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | MALLIGA | PALANIVELU | SATHYABAMA INSTITUE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | India | Other | MATERIALS SCIENCE | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manjula | Muthurathinam | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Other | Computational Materials Science | Women Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Anamaria | Feier | Polytechnical Uni. of Timisoara (Romania) | Romania | Welding Processes | Deflection and precambering | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kriti | Vaid | DPGITM,Gurgaon | India | Other | Power cables | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Luping | Yin | New York University | United States | Other | Neuroscience/Female/reproductive behavior | Women Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Jasmi | K K | St. Thomas' College, University of Calicut, Thrissur | India | Other | Material Science | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Farida Ashraf | Ali | Sikhsha 'O' Anusandhan University | India | Other | Material characterization & sensing property | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Li | Liu | Tianjin University | China | Evaluation | Two-sided matching modeling | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Maria | Contin | Centro de Quimica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas CIQUBIC-CONICET UNC | Argentina | Visual | Retina | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | T.Thaj Mary | Delsy | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Neural network applications | Signal Processing | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | NEHA | BHADAURIA | KIET Group of Institutions | India | Advanced welding | Surfacing of Al Alloys | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Marisa Alejandra | Frechero | Universidad Nacional del Sur- INQUISUR | Argentina | Microstructure-property relationships | Materiales para energía | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Florbela | Carvalheiro | LNEG-Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia | Portugal | Other | Bioenergy and Biorefineries | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Maria | Olivares | Universidad del Desarrollo | Chile | Joining of advanced materials | Salud | Women Researcher Award |