| Prof | Mustapha | SAHAl | Laboratoire de recherche : Physique, Énergie, Traitement de l’Information (Lab. PETI), Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Ouarzazate | Morocco | Other | Modélisation et Simulation de cellules solaires à base de couches minces | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof | Guido | Di Bella | Università degli Studi di Messina | Italy | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Friction Stir Welding | Top Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Dmitriy | Il’yaschenko | National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk Polytechnic University | Russia | Welding Processes | energy-saving technologies for welding production | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hernando | Correa Gallego | Universidad del Quindío | Colombia | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Nuevos materiales | Top Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Jacek | Górka | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | Welding Processes | Inconel | Research Pioneer Award in Welding |
| Dr | Anderson | A | sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Residual Stress | Surface Coatings | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Bovas Herbert Bejaxhin | A | Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai | India | Other | Vibration Analysis, Coatings, Surface Analysis in machining, EDM | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Kondaiah | Seku | University of Technology and Applied Science - Shinas | Oman | Other | Nanotechnology | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Sanjib | Bhattacharya | University of North Bengal | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Glass-nanocomposites, Electrical Transport, Chalcogenides, Microstructure | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Jacques Romain | Njimou | School of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Industries, University of Ngaoundere | Cameroon | Joining of advanced materials | Material Chemistry, novel multi-function material from secondary resources i.e. Metal-Organic Materials (MOM), Nanodsorbents, and nanobiocomposites | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Kamalika | Sen | University of Calcutta | India | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Nano Reasearch | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Prof | Ashok Kumar | Verma | Govind Ballabh Pant University of Technology and Agriculture, Pantnagar | India | Other | Liquid Bio-fuel technology | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Md. Torequl | Islam | Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj | Bangladesh | Evaluation | Drug Discovery and Development | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Prof Dr | Prashanth | Konda Gokuldoss | Tallinn University of Technology | Estonia | Joining of advanced materials | Additive Manufacturing | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Mr | Muluken | Tessema | Debre Berhan university | Ethiopia | Other | Health | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Lemma | Diriba | Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research | Ethiopia | Other | Crop improvement for Food security | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Prof Dr | Chuh-Yung | Chen | National Cheng-Kung University | Taiwan | Other | Corrosion-protective | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Prof Dr | Umapada | Pal | Universidad Autónoma de Puebla | Mexico | Other | Nanomateriales y sus aplicaciones | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Prof | Ahmed | El-Sayed | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Other | Structural Engineering | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Abdel-Razzak | Al-Hinnawi | Isra University | Jordan | Other | Medical Image Processing Procedures | Outstanding Scientist Award |