| Mr | Paulo Henrique | Dornelas | NOVA School of Science and Technology | Portugal | Welding Processes | Relação microestrutura - propriedades | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Florbela | Carvalheiro | LNEG-Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia | Portugal | Other | Bioenergy and Biorefineries | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof | Maria João | Bebianno | Centre for Marine and Environmental Research | Portugal | Residual Stress | Ecotoxicology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Antonio | Pereira | University of Aveiro | Portugal | Welding Processes | Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Beata | Skowrońska | Warsaw University of Technology/Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering | Poland | Joining of advanced materials | friction welding; hybrid fusion welding | Young Scientist Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Tadeusz | Barczak | Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Animal Biology and Environment | Poland | Other | biology, entomology, ecology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Syed Shabhi | Haider | IFPAN | Poland | Other | Material science | Young Scientist Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Marta | Buszko | Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences | Poland | Microstructure-property relationships | Material degradation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Jacek | Górka | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | Welding Processes | Inconel | Research Pioneer Award in Welding |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Tadeusz | Szymczak | Motor Transport Institute | Poland | Evaluation | fatigue, fracture tougness, damage mechanics, fatigue | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Olga | Łastowska | Gdynia Maritime University | Poland | Welding processes | Post-weld finishing | Innovations in Welding Research Award |
| Prof Dr | Artur | Czupryński | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | Welding Processes | Brazing and soldering | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Mahnoor | Sarfraz | Quaid-i-Azam University | Pakistan | Mathematics | Fluid Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sultani Mulk | Khan | NUST University Islamabad | Pakistan | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Structural Health Monitoring | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Wasiq | Ullah | COMSATS University Islamabad - Abbottabad Campus | Pakistan | Other | Electric Machine Design | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mian Muhammad | Zobair | NUST | Pakistan | Other | Graph Theory | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Khubaib | Ghumman | national university of sciences and technology NUST, islamabad, pakistan | Pakistan | Welding processes | TIG welding | 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 |
| Dr | Fazli | Haleem | Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal | Pakistan | Other | Sustainability | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Khizar | Abbas | China University of Geosciences | Pakistan | Neural network applications | Welding Technology | Best Researcher Award |