| Prof | Won-Chol | Yang | Kim Chaek University of Technology | North Korea | Evaluation | Modeling, optimization, multi-criteria decision making in materials engineering | 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 |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Achalu | Yarimo | Ambo University | Ethiopia | Other | Natural Resource Managemnt, Soil Science | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Birhaneslasie Gebeyehu | Yazew | Injibara University, Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Other | Nursing process | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Douglas | Yeboah | University of Mines and Technology | Ghana | Other | Renewable Energy/ Kinetic and Solar Energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Hossam | Yehia | Helwan university | Egypt | Including plastics and composites | Advanced composite materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Bekir | Yilbas | Bekir Sami Yilbas, Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals | Saudi Arabia | Welding Processes | Thermal and Impact Analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Luping | Yin | New York University | United States | Other | Neuroscience/Female/reproductive behavior | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Toshio | Yonezawa | Retired Tohoku University | Japan | Evaluation | Reliability of nuclear materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Narimen | Yousfi | ISSEP KSSAR SAID | Tunisia | Other | Chronobiology, moon, rhythms | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shun-Chi | Yu | National Institute of Development Administration | Thailand | Psychology | Mindful Leadership | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Miao | Yu | Nanjing University | China | Other | Microfluid cooling | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Cedric | Zaccardi | EPF Graduate school | France | Other | Smart Structures | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Umer | Zahid | University of Wollongong | Australia | Other | Structural Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Asghar | Zajkani | Imam Khomeini International University | Iran | Other | Multi- scale Plasticity and Material Modeling | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yasir | Zaman | University of Sargodha | Pakistan | Other | Nano-materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Shimelis | Zelelew | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Evaluation | Ecological and systematic Zoology | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mehran | ZEYNALIAN | University of Isfahan | Iran | Other | cold formed steel-concrete composite beams | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | yanyun | Zhang | Northeastern University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Welding Metallurgy | Best Researcher 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 |