| Dr | Harald | Kaspar | Technische Hochschule Rosenheim | Germany | Best Research Article Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Galina | Kasperovich | Institut für Frontier Materials auf der Erde und im Weltraum, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Köln | Germany | Best Metallurgical Engineering Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | ABDELHADI | KASSIBA | IMMM-CNRS Le Mans University | France | Innovative Research Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | MANISH | KATIYA | SHRI MATHURADAS MOHOTA COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, NAGPUR | India | Excellence in Research Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Humaira Rashid | Khan | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Sun-Dong | Kim | Korea Institute of Energy Research | South Korea | Best Researcher 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 |
| Dr | Sabi William | Konsago | Jozef Stefan Institute | Slovenia | Excellence in Research Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof | Vassilis | Kostopoulos | University of Patras | Greece | Research Excellence Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | SAMEER | KULKARNI | B.L.D.E.ACET,VIjayapur,Karnataka | India | Best Academic Researcher 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 | ABDULAZIZ | KURDI | King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) | Saudi Arabia | Most Cited Article Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Dr | Vladimir | Kuzmin | ICCT SB RAS | Russia | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof | Fu | Lei | Sichuan University of Science & Engineering | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yong | Li | Central South University of Forestry and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | Zewen | Li | Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Yuhang | Li | Tianjin University of Technology and Education | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Mr | ZIXUAN | LI | Ningbo University | China | Best Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |
| Prof | Qian | Li | University of South China | China | Pioneer Researcher Award | metallurgicalengineering.org |