| Prof Dr | Satish | Pardeshi | Savitribai Phule Pune University, India | India | Welding Processes | Second harmonic generation | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Kazem | Reza Kashyzadeh | Department of Transport, Academy of Engineering, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) | Russia | Other | Fatigue and Fracture | 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 |
| Prof Dr | Jagdhar | Mandal | T.M.B.U. Bhagalpur | India | Welding Processes | Condensed Matter/ Alloys | 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 |
| Prof Dr | Jagdhar | Mandal | T.M.B.U Bhagalpur | India | Solid state welding | Binary and ternary alloys | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Andrii | Kondratiev | O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv | Ukraine | Residual Stress | theoretical and experimental analysis of contemporary composite structures | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Anooshiravan | Farshidianfar | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | Iran | Welding Processes | Laser Material Processing Modelling | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Ezequiel | Pessoa | LeTourneau University | United States | Advanced welding | soldagem subaquática | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | A.A. | El-DALY | Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig Univ., Zagazig, Egypt | Egypt | Microstructure-property relationships | Metallurgy | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Marisa Alejandra | Frechero | Universidad Nacional del Sur- INQUISUR | Argentina | Microstructure-property relationships | Materiales para energía | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Sibel | Kucukoglu | Faculty of Nursing/Department of Child and Disease Nursing | Turkey | Welding Processes | Newborn welding | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Omayma | Elkady | Central Metallurgical Research & Development Institute (CMRDI) | Egypt | Including plastics and composites | Powder metallurgy | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Fatemeh | Mollaamin | Kastamonu University | Turkey | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Adsorption | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | SATYA SAI | SRIKANT | SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; DELHI NCR CAMPUS; MODINAGAR | India | Characterisation of heat sources | ADVANCE MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY WITH MICRAOWAVE TECHNOLOGY | Excellence in Research |
| Prof Dr | Serdar | Altin | Inonu university | Turkey | Evaluation | Battery electrodes | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Md Ahsan | Habib | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | Other | Environmental Science and Toxicology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Antonio | Romero-Serrano | National Polytechnic Institute | Mexico | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Metallurgy slags | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Ivana | Validzic | Vinca Institute of Nuclear Science, University in Belgrade, Serbia | Serbia | Joining of advanced materials | Energy materials and photovoltaics | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Prashanth | Konda Gokuldoss | Tallinn University of Technology | Estonia | Joining of advanced materials | Additive Manufacturing | Outstanding Scientist Award |