| Dr | Wenya | Shu | Virginia Tech | United States | Solid mechanics | mechanics of composite materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Duc | Nguyen Dinh | Vietnam National University Hanoi | Vietnam | Solid mechanics | Engineering and Technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Haitao | GE | University of Strasbourg | France | Solid mechanics | Civil engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Young | Kwon | Naval Postgraduate School | United States | Solid mechanics | Multiscale and multiphysics problems | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Chengxing | Yang | Central South University | China | Solid mechanics | Structural optimisation | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Welington | Vital | University of Brasilia | Brazil | Solid mechanics | Structural Analysis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhimin | Li | School of Ocean and Civil Engineering/ Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Solid mechanics | Assembly mechanics | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Wenxin | Hu | National Natural Science Foundation of China | China | Solid mechanics | Optics measurement | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Dr | Lei | Yang | Tsinghua University | China | Robotics | Autonomous driving | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | SureshBabu | Rajasekaran | The University of Chicago | United States | Robotics | Computer Aided Design In Mechanical Engineering | Excellence in Research | |