| Prof | xinran | xiao | Michigan State University | United States | Solid mechanics | Experimental, computation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Hantao | Xiong | Hunan University | China | Others | High-performance Computing | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Yachong | Xu | University of South Australia | Australia | Computer technology for design and simulation | Structural Engineering and Finite Element Analysis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Jiangbo | Xu | Chang'an University | China | Computer technology for design and simulation | Slope engineering simulation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zhang | Xuegang | 617000 | China | Computer aided machine design | Gear design and manufacture | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Bipin | Yadav | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | India | Others | Antibiotic resistance, Microbiology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Vipin K | Yadav | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute | United States | Quality control | Bioresource Technology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof Dr | Shizuo | Yamada | University of Shizuoka | Japan | Others | Health Science/Functional Food/Food | Outstanding Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Tianyi | Yan | Beijing Institute of Technology | China | Computer technology for design and simulation | Biomedical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Haijun | Yan | China Agricultural University | China | Others | Sprinkler and micro-irrigation technologies | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Lei | Yang | Tsinghua University | China | Robotics | Autonomous driving | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Hongmei | Yang | Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications | China | Manufacturing processes | Triboelectric Nanogenerator | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Wenxian | Yang | Newcastle University | United Kingdom | Others | Offshore wind | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Chengxing | Yang | Central South University | China | Solid mechanics | Structural optimisation | Young Scientist Award | |
| Prof | Lijun | Yang | North China Electric Power University | China | Heat transfer | Computational Heat and Mass Transfer | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Fan | Yang | Qinghai Normal University | China | Computer technology for design and simulation | machine learning | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ahmed | Yassin | Higher institute of engineering and technology, king Marriott,Alexnderia | Egypt | Materials selection and structural design | Design of special types of concrete structures | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Emmanuel | Yeboah | Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | China | Others | Remote Sensing and GIS applications to Land Use/Land Cover Change effect on Urban Heat Islands. | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Nai-Chang | Yeh | California Institute of Technology | United States | Others | Graphene synthesis and applications | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Shamima | Yesmin | Noakhali Science and Technology University | Bangladesh | Others | Information Science | Best Researcher Award | |