| Prof | Qian | Li | University of South China | China | Pioneer Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Yong | Li | Technical institute of Physics and Chemistry CAS | China | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | He-Fei | Li | Shijiazhuang tiedao university | China | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof | Fu | Lei | Sichuan University of Science & Engineering | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Ms | Hyeonsong | Lee | Ohio State University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Dr Mohan | Lal | Jai Narain Vyas University Jodhpur Rajasthan India | India | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Vladimir | Kuzmin | ICCT SB RAS | Russia | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | ABDULAZIZ | KURDI | King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) | Saudi Arabia | Most Cited Article Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Rajeev | Kumar | Lovely Professional University | India | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | MANISH | KUMAR | Delhi University | India | Young Scientist Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | SAMEER | KULKARNI | B.L.D.E.ACET,VIjayapur,Karnataka | India | Best Academic Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Harishchandra | Kulkarni | G H Raisoni College of Arts Commerce and Science Wagholi Pune | India | Best Researcher 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 |
| Prof | Vassilis | Kostopoulos | University of Patras | Greece | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Sabi William | Konsago | Jozef Stefan Institute | Slovenia | Excellence in Research Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Zan Mary | KONARE | Ecole Nationale d'Inge nieurs Abderhamane Baba Toure (ENI-ABT) de Bamako | Mali | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Kyriakos | Komvopoulos | University of California, Berkeley | United States | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Sun-Dong | Kim | Korea Institute of Energy Research | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Girish | Khanna R | Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Bangalore | India | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Humaira Rashid | Khan | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |