| Assist. Prof. Dr | YONGWEI | WANG | University of Science and Technology Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Zafran | Ullah | School of Engineering, Sunway University, 47500 Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Zongliang | Zuo | Qingdao University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |