| Prof Dr | A.A. | El-DALY | Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig Univ., Zagazig, Egypt | Egypt | Microstructure-property relationships | Metallurgy | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof | Wenjian | Wang | Southwest Jiaotong University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Contact fatigue and control of wheel-rail system | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Niwat | Mookam | Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin | Thailand | Microstructure-property relationships | Soldering | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Georgios | Kolliopoulos | Université Laval | Canada | Welding processes | Sustainable processing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Luciano | Lopes | Embrapa | Brazil | Evaluation | Livestock science | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | NUR NASUHA | DAUD | UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA | Malaysia | Control and automation | autonomous computing, link prediction, social network analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Robsan | Abebe | Wollega University | Ethiopia | Modeling Welding Strength | Based on offline programming simulation | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | VAN DOAN | TRUONG | Sejong University | South Korea | Joining of advanced materials | Cement-based material composites | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Afsaneh | Valipouri | Isfahan University of Technology | Iran | Other | Development and optimization of the novel scale-up fabrication method of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) microparticles | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nikola | Biliskov | Rudjer Boskovic Institute / McGill University | Croatia | Microstructure-property relationships | Solid-state chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | lijun | Zhou | Liaoning Technical University | China | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Coalbed methance recovery and CO2 sequestration | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Narottam | Acharya | Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India | India | Other | Life Sciences | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kunal | Singh | Maharaja Agrasen University | India | Control and automation | Robotics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Goutam | Chakraborty | Narayana Health | India | Other | Pediatric Surgeon | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Shaik Ghouse | Mohiddin | EMU, DRDO | India | Joining of advanced materials | Friction Stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | abhilasha | singh | BITS Pilani Dubai Campus | United Arab Emirates | Neural network applications | welding technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dheeraj | Jaiswal | IIT BHU, Varanasi | India | Welding processes | WELDING TECHNOLOGY | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Farook | Sayyad | Ajeenkya DY Patil School of Engineering, Pune, India | India | Welding Processes | Welding defects | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yaguang | Zhu | Chang'an University | China | Control and automation | Weld Beads Grinding Robot | 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 |