| Dr | Pascual | Saura Gómez | Universidad de Alicante | Spain | Other | Corrosión de armaduras en el hormigón armado de los forjados sanitarios | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Gilberto | Rosales Marín | Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí | Mexico | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Minería y Metalurgia | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Umapada | Pal | Universidad Autónoma de Puebla | Mexico | Other | Nanomateriales y sus aplicaciones | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | JORGE | FERNANDEZ | UNICAMP | Brazil | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Hybrid Dielectric Plasmonic Waveguide | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Franco | Concli | unibz | Italy | Other | tribology | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Thamer | Alomayri | Umm Al-Qura University | Saudi Arabia | Other | Materials science | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Eduardo | Valencia Morales | UCLV-Cuba, PUC-Rio | Cuba | Microstructure-property relationships | Petroleoum and Gas industry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yenal | Karaaslan | Turkish National Defence University, Air NCO Vocational HE School | Turkey | Welding processes | International Research Awards on Welding Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | SOUNDARYA | T L | Tumkur University | India | Soldering Surface Modification Inspection | Electrochemical sensing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sudesh | Singh | Tsinghua University | China | Including plastics and composites | Composites | Best 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 |
| Dr | Takahiro | Yamazaki | Tokyo university of science | Japan | Welding Processes | corrosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Takashiro | Akitsu | Tokyo University of Science | Japan | Neural network applications | Chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ahmed | Elfadadny | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology | Japan | Other | Cancer therapy | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Abdul | Ahad | Tokyo Metropolitan University. | Japan | Solid state welding | Condensed Matter Physics | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Abderrahim | Benmoussat | Tlemcen University Algeria | Algeria | Control and automation | Materials Properties | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Zhiyong | Mao | Tianjin university of technology | China | Joining of advanced materials | Energy storage and devices. | Best Innovation Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sansan | Ao | Tianjin University | China | Welding Processes | Effect of heat source parameters on weld formation and defects of oscillating laser-TIG hybrid welding in horizontal position | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yoshio | Utaka | Tianjin University | China | Weld pool solidification | Heat transfer | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Li | Liu | Tianjin University | China | Evaluation | Two-sided matching modeling | Women Researcher Award |