| Assoc Prof Dr | DILLIP | BISOYI | National Institute of Technology Rourkela | India | Microstructure-property relationships | Characterization of materials at nano order scale length | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sansan | Ao | Tianjin University | China | Welding Processes | Effect of heat source parameters on weld formation and defects of oscillating laser-TIG hybrid welding in horizontal position | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Akbar | Heidarzadeh | Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University | Iran | Solid state welding | Friction Stir Welding (FSW) | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Hamed | Sabet | Department of Materials Engineering, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, | Iran | Joining of advanced materials | high entropy alloy | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ramin | Hashemi | Iran University of Science and Technology | Iran | Welding Processes | Friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ali | Jabbari | Arak University | Iran | Welding Processes | Friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Cedric | Zaccardi | EPF Graduate school | France | Other | Smart Structures | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Baris | Sayin | Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa | Turkey | Solid state welding | Realistic simulation of response of a piping system in a blast event | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yong | Xiao | Wuhan University of Technology | China | Welding Processes | Low-temperature soldering | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | İlknur | Şentürk | Sivas Cumhuriyet University | Turkey | Other | Phytoremediation, biological treatment, bioremediation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Anamaria | Feier | Polytechnical Uni. of Timisoara (Romania) | Romania | Welding Processes | Deflection and precambering | Women Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Norzita | Ngadi | University of Technology Malaysia | Malaysia | Other | Green materials and Wastewater Treatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Gopalakrishnan | Govindasamy | UPES | India | Other | Chemical/Catalysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sergey | Prikhodko | University of California Los Angeles | United States | Microstructure-property relationships | metal-composite bilayer structures | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhiqiang | Dong | Southeast University | China | Welding Processes | Civil engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Pramod Kumar | Singh | Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow | India | Residual Stress | BCS LEACHATES CHARACTERIZATION AND STABILIZATION | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | ibrahim | saad agwa | Faculty of Technology and Education, Suez University, Egypt | Egypt | Other | Green building | Best Research Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Alexey | Lipatiev | Mendeleev University | Russia | Microstructure-property relationships | Laser micromachining | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ahmad | Nassef | University of Buraimi | Oman | Other | Engineering Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Shimelis | Zelelew | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Evaluation | Ecological and systematic Zoology | Best Researcher Award |