| Dr | Yuhang | Hu | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | yunge | zou | Chongqing University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | Yunsong | Pang | Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Electronic Materials, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Ms | Yuxun | Zhu | Jiangsu University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Yves | Harder | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) | Switzerland | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Zdzislaw | Kowalczuk | Gdansk University of Technology | Poland | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof. Dr | Zeena | Pillai | Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham | India | Best Academic Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | Zehua | Yu | Xidian University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Zheng | Xuejun | School of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Xiangtan University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zhilong | He | Xinjiang University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Ziqiang | Zheng | Wuhan Polytechnic University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof. Dr | Zuzana | Slezáková | Faculty of Nursing and Professional Health Studies Slovak Medical University in Bratislava | Slovakia | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |