| Prof | Yu | Zhang | University of Pennsylvania | United States | Residual Stress | Residual stresses explaining clinical fractures of bilayer zirconia and lithium disilicate crowns: A VFEM study | 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 |
| Prof | Yoshio | Utaka | Tianjin University | China | Weld pool solidification | Heat transfer | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Harvinder | Singh | Chandigarh Engineering College Landran(Mohali) | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Surface Coatings | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Pietro | De Giovanni | Luiss Guido Carli | Italy | Evaluation | Green practices | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Farrokh | Khoshahval | Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute | Iran | Other | Advanced fuel and burnable absorbers designed for long-cycle operation of BNPP | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Tzu-Wei | Wang | National Tsing Hua University | Taiwan | Other | Biomaterials | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Dr Safia | Akram | National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad | Pakistan | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Fluid mechanics and dynamics | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hossein | Showkati | Urmia University | Iran | Modeling Welding Strength | Experimental and Numerical Research | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Alexandre de Macêdo | Wahrhaftig | Federal University of Bahia (UFBa) | Brazil | Modeling Welding Strength | Shear stress, Analytical Solution, Computational Modelling | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yaguang | Zhu | Chang'an University | China | Control and automation | Weld Beads Grinding Robot | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Georgios | Kolliopoulos | Université Laval | Canada | Welding processes | Sustainable processing | Best Researcher Award |
| 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 |