| Mr | Álvaro | Blanca Hoyos | Universidad de Granada | Spain | Innovative Research Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Satya Prakash | Padhee | korea institute of science and technology | South Korea | Young Scientist Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | TANGOH | FON | Kyungpook National University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Abrar | Hussain | University of Science and Technology (UST), South Korea | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Sun-Dong | Kim | Korea Institute of Energy Research | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof | Sunanda | Roy | Alliance University | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Ms | Hyeonsong | Lee | Ohio State University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Ms | Samira | Gholizadeh | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Bilal | Ahmad | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof | Willie | Nheta | Willie Nheta. University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Innovative Research Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Elvis | Mawodzeke | University of Kwa-Zulu Natal | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Netshedzo | Tshikosi | University of Johannesburg - Doornfontein Campus | South Africa | Innovative Research Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Sabi William | Konsago | Jozef Stefan Institute | Slovenia | Excellence in Research Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof | Tomas | Havlik | Technical University of Kosice, SLovakia | Slovakia | Excellence in Research Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Jan | Milde | Slovak University of Technology | Slovakia | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Shane | Shabu | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava | Slovakia | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Oksana | Makota | Nacional'nij universitet L'vivs'ka politehnika | Slovakia | Women Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Aleksandar | Savic | University of Belgrade Faculty of Civil Engineering | Serbia | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Laila | Alqarni | Imam Mohammad ibn saud islamic university (IMSIU) | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Salimah | Alshehri | King Khalid University | Saudi Arabia | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |