| Dr | Pouya | Ghamari karagar | University of Birjand | Iran | Others | Catalysis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Shahab | Hosseini | Tarbiat Modares University | Iran | Others | Mining industry, blasting | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Tahir Cetin | AKINCI | University of California Riverside | United States | Others | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | José Alberto | Gallegos-Infante | Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Durango | Mexico | Others | Fenómenos de superficie | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Mr | Ke | Gao | School of Economics/Peking University | China | Others | energy technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Haodong | Chen | Investment Banking Department/Soochow Securities Co., LTD. | China | Others | energy technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mohammed | Fayad | University of Technology-Iraq | Iraq | Others | Mechanical Engineering/Renewable fuels and combustion | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Young | Kwon | Naval Postgraduate School | United States | Solid mechanics | Multiscale and multiphysics problems | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Tian | Li | Southewest Jiaotong University | China | Computer technology for design and simulation | Train aerodynamics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yanglong | Lu | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong | Manufacturing processes | Manufacturing process monitoring and diagnostics | Young Scientist Award | |