| Prof | Mingjing | Jiang | Suzhou University of Science and Technology | China | Other | Geotechnical engineering | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Siyuan | Wu | China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Co., Ltd. | China | Modeling Welding Strength | Weld damage | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yujiao | CHEN | Dongguan University of Technology | China | Welding Processes | Heterogeneous Material Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tian | Su | Shandong University of Technology | China | Residual Stress | Bonding surface between steel bar and concrete | Young Scientist Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | yan | zhang | xinjiang University | China | Welding processes | Heterogeneous material welding | Innovations in Welding Research Award |
| Mrs | Molla Melkamu | Kebede | University of International Business and Economics | China | Other | Public health | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kai | Wang | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics | China | Including plastics and composites | Automatic fiber placement | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Fu | Chao | Shandong institute of petroleum and chemical technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Weldability of High-Grade Pipeline Steel | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yusheng | Shi | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | 电弧增材制造中的微观结构-性能关系 | Best Innovation Award |
| Dr | Shengbin | Zhao | Soochow University | China | Advanced welding | laser welding and additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | YOUPENG | ZHANG | Fudan Univeristy | China | Welding processes | Welding processes | Best Scholar Award |
| Dr | Genchen | Peng | Jiangsu XCMG Construction Machinery Research Institution Ltd. | China | Welding Processes | Laser-arc hybrid welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Habibullah | - | Sichuan University | China | Other | Surface Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jhon Jairo | Prias Barragan | University of Quindio | Colombia | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Magnetism in graphene oxide nanoplatelets: The role of hydroxyl and epoxy bridges | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Gilma | Gilma Granados | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Colombia | Microstructure-property relationships | Quantum dots | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hernando | Correa Gallego | Universidad del Quindío | Colombia | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Nuevos materiales | Top Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | EDGAR | MOSQUERA | UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE | Colombia | Other | na | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Nikola | Biliskov | Rudjer Boskovic Institute / McGill University | Croatia | Microstructure-property relationships | Solid-state chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Eduardo | Valencia Morales | UCLV-Cuba, PUC-Rio | Cuba | Microstructure-property relationships | Petroleoum and Gas industry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohamed | Aboelhassan | Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology King Marriott, Alexandria | Egypt | Other | numerical nonlinear spring model for the cyclic behavior of the monolithic and the precast bolted reinforced concrete beam-column connections | Best Research Award |