| Mr | Hamed | Shahbazi | University of Isfahan | Iran | Robotics | Artificial intelligence | | globalcadawards.com |
| Mr | Geraldo | Rodrigues | Instituto Superior Técnico | Portugal | Design of mechanical and electromechanical devices | Design of monitoring systems for launchers | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Dr | shuoshuo | qu | School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University | China | Manufacturing processes | precision machining | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chia-Hung | Lai | National Chin-Yi University of Technology | Taiwan | Automated inspection | Intelligent Fault Diagnosis, Machine Learning for Smart Manufacturing, and Sensor Data Fusion | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Dr | Adewale | Sedara | University of Wisconsin Madison | United States | Machine design | Machine systems | Research Excellence Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Dr | Abdulrahman | Alajlan | KACST | Saudi Arabia | Heat transfer | Heat Transfer in Renewable Energy Systems | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Assist Prof Dr | Hao-Sheng | Lin | Nagoya University | Japan | Materials selection and structural design | Carbon Nanotubes | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Abdul | Jalil | Allama Iqbal Open University | Pakistan | Materials selection and structural design | Computational material Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Wenya | Shu | Virginia Tech | United States | Solid mechanics | mechanics of composite materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Wei | Li | Jiangsu University | China | Fluid mechanics | Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) | Best Researcher Award | |