| Dr | Yang | Zhang | Institute of Innovative Technologies, Beijing Tianma Intelligent Control Technology Co., Ltd. | China | Intelligent control systems | Fault diagnosis of hydraulic control system | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Prof | Yanchun | Zhao | Lanzhou University of Technology | China | Materials selection and structural design | Materials design | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Xuemei | Zhao | Guilin university of electronic technology | China | Computer aided machine design | lmage Processing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Xiaohong | Zheng | shanghai institute of technology | China | Materials selection and structural design | gas sensor | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Xianjun | Kong | Shenyang Aerospace University | China | Manufacturing processes | Manufacturing processes | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Wenya | Shu | Virginia Tech | United States | Solid mechanics | mechanics of composite materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Wenxin | Hu | National Natural Science Foundation of China | China | Solid mechanics | Optics measurement | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Dr | Wenbo | Ma | Xiangtan University | China | Computer aided machine design | Sintered ore; single roll crusher; crushing mechanism; JH-2 constitutive model. | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Welington | Vital | University of Brasilia | Brazil | Solid mechanics | Structural Analysis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Wei | Li | Jiangsu University | China | Fluid mechanics | Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) | Best Researcher Award | |