| Prof | Marija | Milošević | Faculty of Sciences of Mathematics, University on Niš, Serbia | Serbia | Other | Mathematics/Probability/Stochastic differential equations | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Maryam | Khanian | University | Australia | Neural network applications | Natural Language Processing | Women Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Aydan | Aksoğan Korkmaz | Malatya Turgut Özal University | Turkey | Evaluation | lignite-biomass pyrolysis | Women 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Hitesh | Arora | Lovely Professional university | India | Residual Stress | Welding defects in oil and petroleum gas industries | Top Researcher Award |
| Mr | MOHSIN | KHAN | DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, DELHI | India | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | CFD SIMULATION | Top Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Senay | Mihcin | Izmir Institute of Technology | Turkey | Other | Tribology Transactions/Biomechanics/Simulation | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof | Frédéric | LACHAUD | Institut Clément Ader | France | Other | Damage, Failure, Bio-Composite | Top Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Rachid | Tiskatine | ENSAH, Abdelmalek Essaadi University | Morocco | Characterisation of heat sources | Thermal characterization | Top Researcher Award |
| Mr | Ahmed Mohammed | Adem | Jimma University/ Jimma Institute of Technology/ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering | Ethiopia | Other | Manufacturing Engineering/ Manufacturing Process | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | A.A. | El-DALY | Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig Univ., Zagazig, Egypt | Egypt | Microstructure-property relationships | Metallurgy | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Sibel | Kucukoglu | Faculty of Nursing/Department of Child and Disease Nursing | Turkey | Welding Processes | Newborn welding | Top Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ahmad | Gholizadeh | Damghan University | Iran | Other | Applied Physics | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Serdar | Altin | Inonu university | Turkey | Evaluation | Battery electrodes | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | PADMAVATHI | THIYAGARAJAN | Saveetha Engineering College | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Bio fluid dynamics/ Mathematics/ Chennai | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Inés | Küster Boluda | Universidad de Valencia | Spain | Other | Marketing | Top Researcher Award |