| Mr. | Olufisayo Emmanuel | Ojo | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Sustainable Metallurgy | Water Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. | Richard | Minnitt | School of Mining Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | Metallurgical Process Modeling | Theory of Sampling Particulate Materials | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Thobani Paul | Shangase | University of pretoria | South Africa | Powder Metallurgy | Mechanochemical Evolution of Ni50Ti30Zr20 Alloy During High-Energy Ball Milling | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Mbavhalelo | Maumela | Mintek | South Africa | Metallurgical Process Optimization | Thermomechanical Processing of Metal | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | SeungHwan | Yi | Korea National University of Transportation | South Korea | Smart Materials | sensors and transducers | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Dong Kook | Kim | Exflow Inc. | South Korea | Others | Electrochemistry | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Joon Sung | Choi | Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology | South Korea | Extractive Metallurgy | Research Excellence Award | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Yong-Woo | Kim | Chosun University | South Korea | Steel Metallurgy | Materials Science and Engineering | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Seonbong | Lee | Keimyung University | South Korea | Powder Metallurgy | Soft Magnetic Composites, Fe-Si Magnetic Materials, Electric Motor Core Materials | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Miguel | Muñoz Rojo | National Research Council of Spain (CSIC) - Institute of Materials Science of Madrid (ICMM) | Spain | Materials Characterization | Transporte térmico | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Antonio Aznar | Lopez | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | Spain | Materials Characterization | Materiales de Construcción | Educational Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Sergio | Perosanz | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | Spain | Metallurgical Research | Physical Metallurgy | Young Metallurgist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | kaveh | kolahgar azari | University of Seville | Spain | Surface Engineering | coating | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Mr. | Lin | Yue-Feng | National Chin-Yi University of Technology | Taiwan | Surface Engineering | Surface integrity & precision machining | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. | Wen-Hsi | Lee | National Cheng-Kung University | Taiwan | Powder Metallurgy | Base metal for electronic device application | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. | Hatem | Ksibi | University of Sfax, IPEIS | Tunisia | Mechanical Metallurgy | Mechanical Behavior of Aluminium Alloys | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | independant | Saidani | CRTEn | Tunisia | Physical Metallurgy | materials science | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. | Ali Arslan | Kaya | Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Engineering Faculty | Turkey | Physical Metallurgy | Alloys | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Mesut | Genisoglu | Izmir Institute of Technology | Turkey | Others | Additives | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr. | Suleyman | SUKUROGLU | Gumushane Unıversıty | Turkey | Surface Engineering | coating, corrosion, tribology, adhesion | Surface Engineering Award | View Profile |