| 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 |
| Dr | Saeed | Asadi | Sahand University of technology | Iran | Phase transformations in weldments | Microstructural evolution in the heat-affected zone of laser-welded superelastic NiTi alloy wire | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manjula | Muthurathinam | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | Other | Computational Materials Science | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ramesh Kumar | R | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology | India | Friction welding | Friction Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Paulo | Machado | Federal University of Pará | Brazil | Microstructure-property relationships | Tribology/Abrasion/Mining Industry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | D | Ambika | Kongu Engineering College | India | Other | Concrete Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yaknesh | Sambath | Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research | India | Solid state welding | Friction Stir Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | DHARMALINGAM | G | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of science and Technology | India | Microjoining Process Diffusion Bonding | Additive Manufacturing, powder metallurgy, materials characterization, welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Toshio | Yonezawa | Retired Tohoku University | Japan | Evaluation | Reliability of nuclear materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Penchal Reddy | Matli | Sri Krishnadevara University | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Light weight technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Oluwaseun | Ajayi | Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife | Nigeria | Neural network applications | Composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ali | Dorieh | Arian Saeed Industrial Group | Iran | Other | Green synthesis and Wastewater treatment | Excellence in Innovation |
| Dr | Behzad | Sadeghian | Isfahan University of Technology | Iran | Solid state welding | Numerical simulation of friction stir welding microstructure using phase-field method | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | yanyun | Zhang | Northeastern University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Welding Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | DEVANATHAN | C | RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERIG COLLEGE | India | Welding Processes | Friction stir welding | Best Faculty Award |
| Dr | Mohsen | Amraei | University of Turku | Finland | Microstructure-property relationships | Ultra-high strength steels | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Varun | Nayyar | Apeejay Institute of Management and Engineering Technical Campus | India | Other | Marketing Analytics, Quantitative Analysis, PLS-SEM, AMOS, SPSS, R-Programing | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Jafrey Daniel | James D | K.Ramakrishnan College of Engineering | India | Including plastics and composites | Polymer Composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sameer | Sharma | Maharishi Markandeshwar | India | Advanced welding | Composite, Industrial Engineering, Automobile and Hybrid Vehicles | Best Faculty Award |
| Dr | Asghar | Zajkani | Imam Khomeini International University | Iran | Other | Multi- scale Plasticity and Material Modeling | Best Researcher Award |