| Prof Dr | El-Sayed M. | Sherif | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Other | Materials Science/Electrochemistry/Corrosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Outhmane | Siar | ArcelorMittal R&D | France | Welding Processes | Resistance Spot Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Chris | Killmore | BlueScope Steel | Australia | Microstructure-property relationships | Weld zone softening during thermal cutting of Abrasion resistant plate | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Milton Sergio | Fernandes de Lima | Instituto de Estudos Avancados | Brazil | Advanced welding | Lasers | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Mr | Jabair Ali | Mohammed | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Welding Processes | effect of Welding parameters on the material | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Murali Mohan | Cheepu | Starwelds Inc | South Korea | Welding processes | TIG Welding / Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing | Innovations in Welding Research Award |
| Mr | Fu | Chao | Shandong institute of petroleum and chemical technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Weldability of High-Grade Pipeline Steel | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Cyrus | Amini | university of Tabriz | Iran | Welding Processes | friction stir welding | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Nikita | Martyushev | Tomsk Polytechnic University | Russia | Process Electrical Resistance Welding Electronic Packaging and Reliability Nano | Electric contact welding of rails | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Dmitriy | Il’yaschenko | National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk Polytechnic University | Russia | Welding Processes | energy-saving technologies for welding production | Top Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kanawat | Ratanapongpien | King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi | Thailand | Residual Stress | Suface modification | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Abderrahim | Benmoussat | Tlemcen University Algeria | Algeria | Control and automation | Materials Properties | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Kai | Wang | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics | China | Including plastics and composites | Automatic fiber placement | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Majid | Elyasi | Babol Noshirvani University of Technology | Iran | Microstructure-property relationships | Metal tube bending | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mehmet | Özkeskin | Ege University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation | Turkey | Other | Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Hamid Reza | Ahmadi | University of Maragheh | Iran | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | structural damage detection | Excellence in Research |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Aydan | Aksoğan Korkmaz | Malatya Turgut Özal University | Turkey | Evaluation | lignite-biomass pyrolysis | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Umamagesh | Ganesan | LSI-MECH ENGINEERS PVT LTD | India | Other | Industry expert | welding Excellence Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Manoj | Kumar | Rajkumar Goyal Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad | India | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Machine Learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ali | Hashemi | Education | Iran | Evaluation | Appraisal evaluation | Excellence in Research |