| Dr | Yasir | Zaman | University of Sargodha | Pakistan | Other | Nano-materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Yasser | Elsharkawy | Military technical college | Egypt | Welding Processes | Biomedical engineering | 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 |
| Assist Prof Dr | YOMNA | ABDALLAH | Universitat Internacional de catalunya | Spain | Welding Processes | Biofabrication/Architecture | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yong | Xiao | Wuhan University of Technology | China | Welding Processes | Low-temperature soldering | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yoshio | Utaka | Tianjin University | China | Weld pool solidification | Heat transfer | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | YOUPENG | ZHANG | Fudan Univeristy | China | Welding processes | Welding processes | Best Scholar Award |
| Prof | Yu | Zhang | University of Pennsylvania | United States | Residual Stress | Residual stresses explaining clinical fractures of bilayer zirconia and lithium disilicate crowns: A VFEM study | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Yu | Liu | Hefei University of Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Thermoelectricity, Materials Science | Young Scientist 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 | Yuewei | Ai | Central South University | China | Welding Processes | Laser Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yujiao | CHEN | Dongguan University of Technology | China | Welding Processes | Heterogeneous Material Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yunxiang | Shu | Anhui Jianzhu University, China | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Micro/nano composite structure | Best Researcher Award |
| 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 |
| Prof | Yusheng | Shi | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | 电弧增材制造中的微观结构-性能关系 | Best Innovation Award |
| Dr | Zacharias | Fthenakis | Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR | Italy | Other | Chemistry and physics of graphene edges and pores | 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 |
| Dr | Zeinab | Malekshahi | Tarbiat Modares University | Iran | Weld pool solidification | Mg Evaporation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhang | Long | Chongqing University of Science and Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | zhang | yanxin | shanghai jiaotong university | China | Microstructure-property relationships | thermal and mechanical properties/bonding layer/ microelectronic packaging and welding | Best Researcher Award |