| Prof | Yaohui | Lu | Southwest Jiaotong University | China | Best Researcher Award | engineeringscientist.com |
| Dr | Yassine | Benachour | HCT | United Arab Emirates | Best Researcher Award | engineeringscientist.com |
| Mr | Yixia | Luo | Chongqing Jiaotong University | China | Research Excellence Award | engineeringscientist.com |
| Dr | Yongsheng | Tian | Shandong Jianzhu University | China | Best Researcher Award | engineeringscientist.com |
| Dr | Zaharia | Marius | Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry | Romania | Best Researcher Award | engineeringscientist.com |
| Prof. Dr | Zhenyun | Tang | BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | China | Best Research Article Award | engineeringscientist.com |
| Dr | Zhiying | Mu | Northwestern Polytechnical University | China | Best Researcher Award | engineeringscientist.com |
| Mr | Zhou | Yang | Fuzhou University | China | Best Researcher Award | engineeringscientist.com |