| Dr | Rawdah | Whba | Taiz University | Yemen | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Khushbu | Zope | Layer Metrics | United States | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Ranjith | Krishna Pai | Department of Science and Technology (DST) Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India | India | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Tiago | Dourado | INMETRO | Brazil | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Lyndon Nii Adjiri | Sackey | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Ghana | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | وليد | عبد الخير | هيئة الدواء المصرية | Egypt | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Amr Talaat | Tolba | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) | Germany | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Pablo | Valle | Universidad Técnica de Ambato | Ecuador | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof | Clayton | Motta | UFRGS | Brazil | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | LUIS | VARGAS-CHACOFF | Universidad Austral de Chile | Chile | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Gabriel | Fabricio Rocha de Carvalho Padua | Conecthus Institute of Technology and Biotechnology of Amazonas | Brazil | Best Nanomaterials in Metallurgy Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Hatem | Abuelizz | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | YAOUBA | AMADOU | University of Maroua | Cameroon | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof | Mohamed | Cheira | Nuclear Materials Authority | Egypt | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Mahboobeh | Shahbazi | Queensland University of Technology | Australia | Women Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Thaqal M. | Alhuzaymi | King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology | Saudi Arabia | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Yun | Liu | Beijing Institute of Technology (Zhuhai) | China | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Ibrahim | Ibrahim | Queensland University of Technology (QUT) / Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) | Australia | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Aamir | Nezami | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | India | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Oguzhan | NAZLIM | Biruni University | Turkey | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |