| Mrs | Letícia | Costa | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | Other | watertreatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Filippo | Cucinotta | University of Messina | Italy | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Life Cycle Assessment | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Shuang | Cui | university of Texas at Dallas | United States | Joining of advanced materials | - | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Artur | Czupryński | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | Welding Processes | Brazing and soldering | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | JEGATHEESWARAN | D | Sona College of Technology, Salem - 636005 | India | Other | Building and Construction Materials, Concrete Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Amarjeet | Daberao | NMIMS | India | Other | Textile/Dyeing Technology/Chemical Processing Industry | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Tishta | Das | AcSir (CSIR- CMERI) | India | Evaluation | additive manufacturing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | CHRISPIN | DAS | ST.JOSEPH'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | India | Joining of advanced materials | COMPOSITES | Best Faculty Award |
| Ms | Basma | Dashti | Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research | Kuwait | Other | nutrition and food composition database | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Subir | Datta | Mizoram University | India | Other | Electrical Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Susmita | Datta | IIT Kharagpur | India | Neural network applications | Laser welding of NiTinol | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | NUR NASUHA | DAUD | UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA | Malaysia | Control and automation | autonomous computing, link prediction, social network analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | José Miguel | Davila | Universidad de Huelva | Spain | Microstructure-property relationships | Concrete degradation | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Pietro | De Giovanni | Luiss Guido Carli | Italy | Evaluation | Green practices | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shayan | Dehghan | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | Solid state welding | Friction stir processing, Joining, FEM | Best Research Award |
| Prof | Kamran | Dehghani | Amirkabir Univ. Techno. | Iran | Neural network applications | FSW/FSP | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | T.Thaj Mary | Delsy | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Neural network applications | Signal Processing | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Gabriel | Demeneghi | NASA | United States | Friction welding | Failure Analaysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Takele | Demie | St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ad | Ethiopia | Other | Public Health | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Binega | Derebe | Injibara University | Ethiopia | Other | Wildlife, Ecotourism, and Forestry | Best Researcher Award |