| Prof Dr | ظافر | الهتيمي | جامعة بغداد - كلية التربية للعلوم الصرفة ابن الهيثم الهيثم | Iraq | Other | كيمياء البيئة | Excellence in Research |
| Assist Prof Dr | Zhuo | Chen | Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China | China | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Multiphase flow and mass transfer | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Zhong | Hu | South Dakota State University | United States | Residual Stress | Pressure Vessel and Piping/Material Constitutive Model/Computer Modeling | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Zhiyong | Mao | Tianjin university of technology | China | Joining of advanced materials | Energy storage and devices. | Best Innovation Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhiqiang | Dong | Southeast University | China | Welding Processes | Civil engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhimin | Fan | Harbin Institute of Technology | China | Joining of advanced materials | MXene film | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Zhi-he | Dou | School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Synthesis and Preparation of Metal Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhaoyang | Yan | Beijing University of Technology | China | Welding Processes | Welding method / Wire and Arc additive manufacturing | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Zhanpeng | Du | Jiangsu University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Self-piercing riveting | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhang | Long | Chongqing University of Science and Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | zhang | yanxin | shanghai jiaotong university | China | Microstructure-property relationships | thermal and mechanical properties/bonding layer/ microelectronic packaging and welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zeinab | Malekshahi | Tarbiat Modares University | Iran | Weld pool solidification | Mg Evaporation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Zainab | Bibi | Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST), Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-75300, Pakistan | Pakistan | Microstructure-property relationships | Industrial and Nano-biotechnology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zacharias | Fthenakis | Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR | Italy | Other | Chemistry and physics of graphene edges and pores | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yusheng | Shi | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | 电弧增材制造中的微观结构-性能关系 | Best Innovation 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 |
| Mr | Yunxiang | Shu | Anhui Jianzhu University, China | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Micro/nano composite structure | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yujiao | CHEN | Dongguan University of Technology | China | Welding Processes | Heterogeneous Material Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yuewei | Ai | Central South University | China | Welding Processes | Laser Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Yu-Lung | Lo | National Cheng Kung University | Taiwan | Welding Processes | Laser Machining/Additive manufacturing / Experimental Mechanics/ Optical Methodology | Best Researcher Award |