| 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 |