| 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 |
| Mr | Geraldo | Rodrigues | Instituto Superior Técnico | Portugal | Design of mechanical and electromechanical devices | Design of monitoring systems for launchers | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Apostolos | Tsagaris | International Hellenic University | Greece | Intelligent control systems | Human Machine Interaction | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Haodong | Chen | Investment Banking Department/Soochow Securities Co., LTD. | China | Others | energy technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Wei | Li | Jiangsu University | China | Fluid mechanics | Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Yinhui | Tang | Jiangsu University of Science and Technology | China | Manufacturing processes | Dieless hydroforming | Best Innovation Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Dr | Abdulrahman | Alajlan | KACST | Saudi Arabia | Heat transfer | Heat Transfer in Renewable Energy Systems | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Dr | Shihang | Song | Key Laboratory of Power System Intelligent Dispatch and Control (Shandong University) | China | Others | Power System Operation and Electricity Market | Best Scholar Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Dr | Hanan | Aati | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Operational research | Natural products biochemistry | Excellence in Research | globalcadawards.com |
| Dr | Byoungsoo | LEE | Korea Institute of Industrial Technology | South Korea | Manufacturing processes | Development of AM process for high functional materials | Best Researcher Award | |