| Prof | Mulala | Simatele | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | Best Research Article Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Quinoza | Guvil | Institut Teknologi Padang | Indonesia | Best Research Article Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Liangwen | Qi | Lanzhou Jiaotong University | China | Best Research Article Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Constantin | Ghimuș | University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T. Popa Iași | Romania | Best Research Article Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yongsheng | Tian | Shandong Jianzhu University | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Nasma | Bouchelkia | Centre de Recherche en Technologies Agroalimentaires | Algeria | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Er-Bao | Du | Chongqing University, Chognqing, China, 400045 | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Selvakumar | Mariappan | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Azin | Izadi | Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman | Iran | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Khalifa Aliyu | Ibrahim | Cranfield University | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Vasileios | Manouras | Nationa Technical University of Athens | Greece | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Le-Xi | Zhang | Tianjin University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | NTUMBA | LOBO | NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Japan | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Hoon | Choi | NREL | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Koagne Longpa Tamo | Silas | University of Dschang | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Stefan | Kreuzer | INOV8 Research | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Lu | Liu | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Bingqing | Wang | China Jiliang University | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Bhabani Sankar | Gouda | NIST University | India | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Yaohui | Lu | Southwest Jiaotong University | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |