| Prof Dr | Satish | Pardeshi | Savitribai Phule Pune University, India | India | Welding Processes | Second harmonic generation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abdulla | Al Darayseh | Emirates college for advanced Education | United Arab Emirates | Other | Science Education | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Maria | Olivares | Universidad del Desarrollo | Chile | Joining of advanced materials | Salud | Women Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Jagjeet | Chatha | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala | India | Friction welding | Rotary Friction Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kunal | Singh | Maharaja Agrasen University | India | Control and automation | Robotics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Biyun | Xie | University of Kentucky | United States | Control and automation | robotics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Maria | Contin | Centro de Quimica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas CIQUBIC-CONICET UNC | Argentina | Visual | Retina | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Outhmane | Siar | ArcelorMittal R&D | France | Welding Processes | Resistance Spot Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Dimitrios | Sophianopoulos | University of Thessaly | Greece | Residual Stress | Resistance of Welds | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yu | Zhang | University of Pennsylvania | United States | Residual Stress | Residual stresses explaining clinical fractures of bilayer zirconia and lithium disilicate crowns: A VFEM study | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Harmeet | Singh | Chandigarh University | India | Welding Processes | residual stress | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hui | Zhao | Yangtze University | China | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Reservoirs Numerical simulation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | KARPAGA | PRIYA | SAVEETHA ENGINEERING COLLEGE | India | Other | renewable, embedded systems, wireless networks | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Douglas | Yeboah | University of Mines and Technology | Ghana | Other | Renewable Energy/ Kinetic and Solar Energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Ahmed | El Nemr | National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries | Egypt | Other | Renewable Energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Toshio | Yonezawa | Retired Tohoku University | Japan | Evaluation | Reliability of nuclear materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Paulo Henrique | Dornelas | NOVA School of Science and Technology | Portugal | Welding Processes | Relação microestrutura - propriedades | 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 |
| Mr | Prashant | Gunjavate | Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Sakharale | India | Other | Refrigeration Air Conditioning | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Mahmood | Hosseini Aliabadi | Islamic azad university , central Tehran Branch | Iran | Evaluation | reconfiguration | Best Researcher Award |