| 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 |
| 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 |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Jacek | Górka | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | Welding Processes | Inconel | Research Pioneer Award in Welding |
| Mr | usman | Attique | National University of Sciences and Technology | Pakistan | Welding Processes | Incremental Forming of Tailor welded blanks welded through TIG Welding | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Subhajit | Mondal | National Institute of Technology Rourkela | India | Welding processes | FRP lap splices using CNTs and its probabilistic modelling | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | yan | zhang | xinjiang University | China | Welding processes | Heterogeneous material welding | Innovations in Welding Research Award |
| Dr | velrajkumar | g | Easwari Engineering College | India | Welding processes | Steel concrete composite | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Dame Alemayehu | Efa | Wallaga University | Ethiopia | Welding Processes | Laser Beam Welding Parametric Optimization for AZ31B and 6061-T6 Alloys: Residual Stress and Temperature Analysis Using a CCD, GA and ANN | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Yasser | Elsharkawy | Military technical college | Egypt | Welding Processes | Biomedical engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Dmitriy | Il’yaschenko | National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk Polytechnic University | Russia | Welding Processes | energy-saving technologies for welding production | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | Cyrus | Amini | university of Tabriz | Iran | Welding Processes | friction stir welding | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Murali Mohan | Cheepu | Starwelds Inc | South Korea | Welding processes | TIG Welding / Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing | Innovations in Welding Research Award |
| Mr | Jabair Ali | Mohammed | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Welding Processes | effect of Welding parameters on the material | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Outhmane | Siar | ArcelorMittal R&D | France | Welding Processes | Resistance Spot Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | YOMNA | ABDALLAH | Universitat Internacional de catalunya | Spain | Welding Processes | Biofabrication/Architecture | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Alberto T. | Estevez | Universitat Internacional de catalunya | Spain | Welding Processes | Biofabrication/Architecture | Best Researcher Award |