| Prof | Jian | Cheng | Harbin institute of technology | China | Manufacturing processes | Ultra-precision machining of optical components | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ka Wai | Tsang | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen | China | Others | Time Series Analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | D S | Hooda | GJ University of Science & Technology | India | Others | Information Theory and Fuzzy Mathematics with application | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yitan | Li | Shandong University | Chile | Materials selection and structural design | multiple functional composite materials | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof | Elio | Dinuccio | Università di Torino | Italy | Operational research | Tecnologie di processi produttivi nelle aziende agricole | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Afshin | Taghvaeipour | Amirkabir University of Technology | Iran | Computer aided machine design | Steel making/ Turbine manufacturing/ Cement/ Robotics | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Aibing | Yu | Monash University | Australia | Computer technology for design and simulation | Particle Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hanna | Cho | The Ohio State University | United States | Design of mechanical and electromechanical devices | MEMS resonator | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Christopher | Tam | Florida State University | United States | Computer aided machine design | Computational Aeroacoustics | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hassan | Hedia | king abdulaziz University | Saudi Arabia | Materials selection and structural design | Design Optimization | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Lorenzo | Torrisi | Università di Messina | Italy | Materials selection and structural design | Scintillartori e rivelatori | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Prof | Fumio | Hirata | Institute for Molecular Science | Japan | Others | Computer aided drug discovery | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Vassilis | Gorgoulis | Dept of Histology, Medical School, National Kapodistrian University of Athens | Greece | Operational research | Biomedical applications/cellular senescence/detection of senescenet cells | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Pantelis | Nikolakopoulos | University of Patras | Greece | Design of mechanical and electromechanical devices | Design of Greenhouses | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Xijiang | Chen | Wuhan University of Technology/School of Safety Science and Emergency Management | China | Computer technology for design and simulation | Laser Scanning Point Cloud | Best Paper Award |
| Prof | Lijun | Yang | North China Electric Power University | China | Heat transfer | Computational Heat and Mass Transfer | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Enrique | del Castillo | Pennsylvania State University | United States | Quality control | Industrial Engineering/Operations Research | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Xifeng | Wu | Zhejiang University | China | Others | Health and medical big data；Artificial intelligence and Precision health；Molecular cancer epidemiology | Best Research Award |
| Prof | Angela | Lu | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Management information systems | Computational social science | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Mohsen | Attaran | California State University, Bakersfield | United States | Manufacturing processes | Industry 4.0 | Excellence in Research |