| Dr | Peter | Staats | NSPC | United States | Pain care | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Ramu | Singiri | Gangnaung-wonju National University | South Korea | optoelectronics | | |
| Dr | Syamir Alihan | Showkat Ali | UniMAP | Malaysia | Aeroacoustics, Aerodynamics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Shunwei | Shi | Beijing Jiaotong University | China | Railway track | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Shubham | Sharma | Kyushu Institute of Technology | Japan | Organic electronics and mechanics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Anita | Rana | Chandigarh Uiversity, India | India | Biosciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Tong | Qiu | Shenzhen University | China | Assembled joint contact mechanics | Outstanding Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Qingyu | Qin | SAIC GM Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd | China | Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ehsan | Nikbakht | Universiti Teknologi Petronas | Malaysia | Materials and structures | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zongjie | Mu | China University of Petroleum-Beijing at Karamy | China | Drilling engineering; Well completion; Unconventional oil and gas stimulation; Research and application of downhole tools | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Wenbo | Ma | Xiangtan University | China | High Pressure Vessels | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Xinyu | Liu | Huanghuai University | China | Brain Computer Interface | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Qing | Liu | State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy/University of Science and Technology Beijing, China | China | Ferrous Metallurgy/steelmaking, continuous casting, secondary metallurgy, intelligentialization, planning and scheduling/steel plants | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Guoyin | Liu | Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China: Nanjing | China | periprosthetic osteolysis and aseptic loosening | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Claire | Li | Royal Holloway University of London | United Kingdom | Climate technology; carbon and waste management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yun | Li | Beijing Electro-Mechanical Engineering Institute | China | Two-phase flow heat transfer | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Peizhou | Li | Shandong University | China | Functional Porous Materials | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zhi-Min | Li | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Phase field damage method | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Inwon | Lee | Pusan National University | South Korea | Skin frictional reduction coating for ships | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Deborah | Lee | University of Michigan | United States | Environmental Sustainability | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |