| Dr | Rui | Zhang | Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China | China | Best Researcher Award | engineeringscientist.com |
| Ms | Xiyue | Zhang | Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications | China | Research Excellence Award | engineeringscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Fenghua | Zhu | Instiute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Industrial Research Award | engineeringscientist.com |
| Mr | Juan Sebastián | Zuleta Marín | Fraunhofer ISE | Germany | Research Excellence Award | engineeringscientist.com |