| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Wenzheng | Zhai | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Best Researcher 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 |
| Prof. Dr | Kamil | Wichterle | VŠB-Technicel University of Ostrava | Czech Republic | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Stefan | Wibner | Lehrstuhl für Nichteisenmetallurgie | Austria | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Dan | Wei | Osaka University | Japan | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Zhe | Wang | University of Science and Technology Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Peng-Fei | Wang | Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Rui | Wang | Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Ms | Yanhong | Wang | University of Science and Technology Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Dongxin | Wang | State Key Lab of Special Rare Metal Materials | China | Excellence in Research Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Haoxiang | Wang | Changshu Institute of Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |