| Dr | Masoud | Azadi Moghaddam | Ferdowsi university of Mashhad | Iran | Welding Processes | Optimization | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mahmood | Sharifitabar | University of Sistan and Baluchestan | Iran | Welding processes | Welding technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Anooshiravan | Farshidianfar | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | Iran | Welding Processes | Laser Material Processing Modelling | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bohdan | Trembach | Private Joint Stock Company “Novokramatorsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod” | Ukraine | Welding processes | Influence of the core filler composition on the recovery of alloying elements during the self-shielded flux-cored arc welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Farook | Sayyad | Ajeenkya DY Patil School of Engineering, Pune, India | India | Welding Processes | Welding defects | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dheeraj | Jaiswal | IIT BHU, Varanasi | India | Welding processes | WELDING TECHNOLOGY | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Georgios | Kolliopoulos | Université Laval | Canada | Welding processes | Sustainable processing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Sibel | Kucukoglu | Faculty of Nursing/Department of Child and Disease Nursing | Turkey | Welding Processes | Newborn welding | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhaoyang | Yan | Beijing University of Technology | China | Welding Processes | Welding method / Wire and Arc additive manufacturing | Young Scientist Award |
| Ms | Sandra | Chacón-Fernández | UPM | Spain | Welding Processes | GMAW | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Takahiro | Yamazaki | Tokyo university of science | Japan | Welding Processes | corrosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | DHANA LAKSHMI | B | VIGNANS INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | India | Welding Processes | Welding Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Pramodkumar | Gurugubelli | NIT Tiruchirapalli | India | Welding Processes | CMT -GMAW multi control welding and Hybrid laser arc welding processes | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Lala Behari | Sukla | SOA University | India | Welding Processes | Bioleaching of Tungsten | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Pavitra | Y J | PES University | India | Welding Processes | Embedded Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yenal | Karaaslan | Turkish National Defence University, Air NCO Vocational HE School | Turkey | Welding processes | International Research Awards on Welding Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yang | Yang | Yangzhou University | China | Welding Processes | Structural engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Cynthia | Abima | University of Johannesburg South Africa and Pan Atlantic University Lagos | South Africa | Welding Processes | Advanced welding processses | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Behrooz | Beidokhti | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | Iran | Welding Processes | HIC in Pipeline Electrical Resistance Welds | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Bipin B | Sharan | Tata Motors / NIT Jamshedpur | India | Welding Processes | Cold Metal Transfer Welding of Thin sheets of Polymer Sandwich Steel with E250 Thin Sheets | Best Researcher Award |