| Prof | Mohammed | Al-Sarem | Information System Department,Taibah Univesity | Saudi Arabia | Other | Smart reference evapotranspiration | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Jabair Ali | Mohammed | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Welding Processes | effect of Welding parameters on the material | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | El-Sayed M. | Sherif | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Other | Materials Science/Electrochemistry/Corrosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Evgeny | Solomin | Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “South Ural State University (national research university)” | Russia | Other | Wind Power | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Gunasekaran | Murali | Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University | Russia | Other | impact strength and fracture toughness of two-stage fibrous concrete comprising nano carbon tubes | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yury | Korobov | M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia | Phase transformations in weldments | Welding materials of metastable austenite structure | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Kazem | Reza Kashyzadeh | Department of Transport, Academy of Engineering, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) | Russia | Other | Fatigue and Fracture | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Alexey | Lipatiev | Mendeleev University | Russia | Microstructure-property relationships | Laser micromachining | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sergey | Korobeynikov | Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics | Russia | Joining of advanced materials | nanomechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pavel | Arkhipov | Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia | Other | alloys formation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Serguei | Tikhov | Boreskov Institute of Catalysis | Russia | Microstructure-property relationships | Reinforsing of porous ceramometal by foam copper | Best 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 | Nikita | Martyushev | Tomsk Polytechnic University | Russia | Process Electrical Resistance Welding Electronic Packaging and Reliability Nano | Electric contact welding of rails | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Anamaria | Feier | Polytechnical Uni. of Timisoara (Romania) | Romania | Welding Processes | Deflection and precambering | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Edina | Rusen | University Politehnica Bucharest | Romania | Other | Polymers | Welding Technology Innovation 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 | Dan | Birsan | Dunarea de Jos University of Galati | Romania | Modeling Welding Strength | welding FEA | welding Excellence Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mihai-Octavian | Popp | University Lucian Blaga of Sibiu | Romania | Welding Processes | Incremental forming on welded sheets | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Reza | Beygi | INEGI | Portugal | Solid state welding | Friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Raul | Campilho | INEGI | Portugal | Joining of advanced materials | Adhesive bonding of composite materials | Best Researcher Award |