| Prof | Clayton | Motta | UFRGS | Brazil | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Tiago | Dourado | INMETRO | Brazil | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Koagne Longpa Tamo | Silas | University of Dschang | Cameroon | Pioneer Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Ines | Ngassam | University of Buea | Cameroon | Best Paper Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | YAOUBA | AMADOU | University of Maroua | Cameroon | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mrs | khadijeh | Esmati | polytechnique montreal | Canada | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Radhika | N | Universidad de Concepcion | Chile | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | LUIS | VARGAS-CHACOFF | Universidad Austral de Chile | Chile | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Xiaogang | Ma | Shaanxi Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof | Bing | Shi | shaanxi normal university | China | Best Paper Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Yi | Xuezhuan | Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Zhe | Wang | University of Science and Technology Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Dongfeng | Shi | Central South University | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Peng-Fei | Wang | Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof | Ch | Chen | Soochow University | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Fengyuan | Shu | Sun Yat-sen University | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Muhammad | Shoaib | Chuxiong Normal University | China | Best Academic Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Hongxiao | Chi | Central Iron and Steel Research Institute Company Limited | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zhenlin | Zhang | Southwest Jiaotong University | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Mei | Zhang | Shanghai University | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |