| Assist Prof Dr | Jiankang | Zhao | China-Japan Friendship Hospital | China | Others | Biological medicine | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Xin | Zhao | Inner Mongolia University | China | Heat transfer | Anti-freezing measures and frost damage treatment for cold-region environments and engineering; health monitoring and evaluation of highway engineering; frozen soil survey | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Xiaohong | Zheng | shanghai institute of technology | China | Materials selection and structural design | gas sensor | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Hui | Zheng | Hunan University | China | Others | bioengneering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Sailin | Zhong | N/A | Switzerland | Intelligent control systems | Human Building Interaction | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jiwei | Zhou | Heliponix, LLC | United States | Others | Immersive Visualization, CAPP, Visual Inspection, Model-Based Definition, Machine Vision | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Rui | Zhou | Northwest University | China | Industrial engineering | Fiber sensing | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Yaguang | Zhu | Chang'an University | China | Robotics | Compliant control | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Lei | Zhu | Case Western Reserve University | United States | Design of mechanical and electromechanical devices | Piezoelectric Polymers | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Adiya | Zhumagulova | L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University | Kazakhstan | Others | Civil Engineering | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Nader | Zirak | Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, CNAM, LIFSE, HESAM University, F-75013 Paris, France Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, CNAM, PIMM, HESAM University, F-75013 Paris, France | France | Solid mechanics | Mechanics of materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Redouane | Zitoune | ICA / UMR 5312 | France | Manufacturing processes | manufacturing and machining of composites | Outstanding Scientist Award | |
| Prof | Bin | Zou | Shandong University | China | Machine design | Mechanical manufacturing and automation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Salah | ZOUAOUI | Tizi-Ouzou University | Algeria | Fluid mechanics | Ecoulements mutiphasiques | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yasir | Zulfiqar | Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad | Pakistan | Machine design | Fluid Structural Interaction Analysis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | ازهري | صديق | جامعة الجزيرة | Sudan | Manufacturing processes | التصنيع الغذائي | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | محمد | فخرالدين عبدالقادر | جامعة كركوك | Iraq | Others | أمنية الشبكات /هندسة الحاسبات | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | 文龙 | 刘 | 清华大学 | China | Solid mechanics | 力学超材料 | Best Scholar Award | |
| Dr | 向阳 | 陈 | 广东工业大学 | China | Solid mechanics | 燃料电池 | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |