| Mr | Uzair | Jamil | The University of Western Ontario | Canada | Processing and Manufacturing | Additive manufacturing and 3D printing | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr. | Khaled | Sennah | Toronto Metropolitan University | Canada | Design of Materials and Components | Advanced composite materials | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Carlos | Ventura | Univ. of British Columbia | Canada | Analysis | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Mohammad Ali | Bagheri | Polytechnique Montreal | Canada | Design of Materials and Components | Metamaterials | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Chenxu | Liu | University of Alberta | Canada | Repair | Advanced Remanufacturing | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | William | Gacitua | University of Bio Bio | Chile | Polymer-Matrix composites | Wood fibers | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr. | Pedro | Soza | Universidad de Chile | Chile | CAD/CAM | Fabricación digital | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Prof | Hongyu | Wang | Qinghai university | China | | Absorbing material | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Akbar | Hojjati-Najafabadi | Jiangxi University of Science&Technology | China | | Water and wastewater treatment | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Weilong | Shi | Jiangsu University of Science and Technology | China | | Environmental purification and restoration | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Canhui | Yang | Southern University of Science and Technology | China | | hydrogels and elastomers | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Mohammad | Tabish | Beijing University of Chemical Technology | China | | Corrosion Protection of Metal and Alloys | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Yixiang | Ou | Beijing Academy of Science and Technology | China | | Ceramics coatings | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Junke | Jiao | Yangzhou University | China | | Composites laser manufacturing/Composites-Metals joining | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Jintao | Huang | Guangdong University of Technology | China | | phase change materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Xiaopeng | Li | Nanjing University of Science and Technology | China | | friction stir welding | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Jianglin | Li | Guangdong University of Technology | China | | Durability of composites | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | 海良 | 都 | 上海建桥学院 | China | | 材料工程，表面工程 | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yongnan | Xiong | Institute of New Materials, Guangdong Academy of Sciences | China | | Dislocation, Thermal residual stress | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Ming-Qiang | Zhu | Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University | China | | Composite Materials | Best Researcher Award | |