| Dr | Staci | Capozzi | Indiana University | United States | Demolition/remediation | Environmental Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Peiwen | Li | University of Arizona | United States | Heat transfer | Heat and fluid flow for energy and power systems. | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Dishant | Banga | Bridgetree | United States | Others | Analytics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Shailendra | Varma | The University of Texas at El Paso | United States | Materials selection and structural design | High Entropy Alloys | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Anuradha | Khetwal | Colorado School of Mines | United States | Computer technology for design and simulation | Introducing uniform discrete event simulation (CSM2020) for modeling the TBM tunneling process | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | xinran | xiao | Michigan State University | United States | Solid mechanics | Experimental, computation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Tahir Cetin | AKINCI | University of California Riverside | United States | Others | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Xishun | Liao | University of California, Riverside | United States | Intelligent control systems | Intelligent Transportation System | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Adam | Kolides | Duquesne University | United States | Others | Foundation Models | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Yuefan | Deng | Stony Brook University | United States | Computer technology for design and simulation | Algorithms and Implementation for Machine Learning | Excellence in Research | |
| Prof Dr | Young | Kwon | Naval Postgraduate School | United States | Solid mechanics | Multiscale and multiphysics problems | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | John | Aliu | University of Georgia | United States | Facilities management | Engineering Education | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | SureshBabu | Rajasekaran | The University of Chicago | United States | Robotics | Computer Aided Design In Mechanical Engineering | Excellence in Research | |
| Mr | Saydul Akbar | Murad | University of Southern Mississippi | United States | Others | Machine Learning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Annabelle | Lee | Nevermore Security | United States | Others | Cyber Security | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Madeleine | Gonte | Wayne State University School of Medicine | United States | Computer aided machine design | Genetics/Prenatal testing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Abed | Malti | Octi-startup | United States | Intelligent control systems | Computer Vision with Mechanical priors | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Tongge | Wu | UC Berkeley | United States | Solid mechanics | Biomechanics | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr | Sanghoon | Shin | University of Maryland | United States | Others | Hydrology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Hanna | Cho | The Ohio State University | United States | Design of mechanical and electromechanical devices | MEMS resonator | Best Researcher Award | |