| Dr | Qianzhe | Zhang | Zhejiang University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof | Hongyun | Zhang | Kaili University | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Yue | Zhang | Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Educationin Asia and the Pacific(China) | China | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof | Qiangqiang | Zhang | Lanzhou University | China | Outstanding Contribution Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | RUIXIA | ZHANG | Xinjiang College Of Science & Technology | China | Innovative Research Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Yanru | Zhang | Hebei University of Engineering | China | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Wenzheng | Zhai | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Tarik | Zarrouk | ENSAO | Morocco | Best Review Paper Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Usama | Zahid | University of Agriculture, Faisalabad | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Li | Ye | Wuhan University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Xiaogang | Yang | School of Metallurgical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Minmin | Yan | Nanjing University of Science and Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Yi | Xuezhuan | Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Chen | Xu | China Jiliang University | China | Best Materials Engineering Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Xinsheng | Wu | Central South University | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Shujing | Wu | North China University of Science and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Jing | Wu | Nantong University | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Dejian | Wu | China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Stefan | Wibner | Lehrstuhl für Nichteisenmetallurgie | Austria | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Rawdah | Whba | Taiz University | Yemen | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |