| Prof Dr | Xiuxian | Li | Tongji University | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Y. | Tsai | HungKuo Delin University of Technology | Taiwan | Excellence in Research | |
| Mr | Yachong | Xu | University of South Australia | Australia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Yaguang | Zhu | Chang'an University | China | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Dr | Yang | Liu | Xi'an Jiaotong University | China | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yao | Sun | University College Dublin | Ireland | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yaopeng | Li | Dalian University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yasir | Zulfiqar | Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yasser | Fouda | Faculty of science/Mansoura University | Egypt | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Yasser | Ebrahimian Ghajari | Babol Noshirvani university of Technology | Iran | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Mr | Yassin | Abdalla Abdelkarim | Egypt Ministry of Justice | Egypt | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Dr | Yatheshth | Anand | SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY | India | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Yattou | El Fadili | Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University | Morocco | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yichao | Wang | Shenyang City University | China | Best Researcher Award | globalcadawards.com |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Ying | Wu | Nanjing University of Science and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Ying-Chieh | Lee | Institute of Precision Electronic Components, College of Semiconductor and Advanced Technology Research, National Sun Yat-sen University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Yitan | Li | Shandong University | Chile | Young Scientist Award | |
| Prof Dr | Young | Kwon | Naval Postgraduate School | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Youssoupha | GUEYE | ENSETP/UCAD | Senegal | Top Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Yu-Hao | Lin | National Chung Hsing University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award | |