| Prof Dr | Jagdhar | Mandal | T.M.B.U Bhagalpur | India | Solid state welding | Binary and ternary alloys | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Elena | Scutelnicu | "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati | Romania | Welding processes | Behaviour of materials subjected to welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Pramod Kumar | Singh | Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow | India | Residual Stress | BCS LEACHATES CHARACTERIZATION AND STABILIZATION | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Serdar | Altin | Inonu university | Turkey | Evaluation | Battery electrodes | Top Researcher Award |
| Mr | Robsan | Abebe | Wollega University | Ethiopia | Modeling Welding Strength | Based on offline programming simulation | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | NUR NASUHA | DAUD | UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA | Malaysia | Control and automation | autonomous computing, link prediction, social network analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | ARGELIA FABIOLA | MIRANDA PEREZ | Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla | Mexico | Phase transformations in weldments | Automatización de procesos | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kai | Wang | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics | China | Including plastics and composites | Automatic fiber placement | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Souhail | Dhouib | Higher Institute of Industrial Management, University of Sfax | Tunisia | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Artificial intelligence / algorithms – heuristics and meta-heuristics / engineering management / materials handling – robotics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dongsheng | Wu | Osaka University | Japan | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Arc welding, laser welding and additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ali | Hashemi | Education | Iran | Evaluation | Appraisal evaluation | Excellence in Research |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ahmad | Gholizadeh | Damghan University | Iran | Other | Applied Physics | Top Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Artrim | Kjamilji | Istanbul Commerce University | Turkey | Other | Applied Cryptography, Machine Learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Geleta | Gobena | Wollega University | Ethiopia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Animal Science | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Elizabeth Teresita | Romero Guzmán | National Institute of Nuclear Research | Mexico | Evaluation | Analytical Chemistry; Environmental radiochemistry | Women Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | CHETAN | TEMBHURKAR | PRIYADARSHINI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING NAGPUR | India | Welding Processes | Analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yahya | Aghayar | University of NewBrunswick | Canada | Evaluation | An assessment of microstructure and mechanical properties of inconel 601/ 304 stainless steel dissimilar weld | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Tanakorn | Jantarasricha | Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University | Thailand | Friction welding | Aluminum Friction welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Jean | Alric | Moustache Bikes | France | Welding Processes | Aluminium assembly deck | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sumit | Sharma | MNIT JAIPUR | India | Other | Alternative Fuels | Best Scholar Award |