| Prof | Yingnan | Li | Jiangsu University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr. | Yingjie | Hu | Tsinghua University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Ying | Xie | Cranfield University | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yin-Tzer | Shih | National Chung Hsing University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yibala | Oboma | Dr. Yibala Ibor Oboma, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Mwanza University, Mbugani Street, Kishili Ward, Mwanza P.O. BOX 3068. | Tanzania | Best Research Award | popularengineer.org |
| Ms. | Yi | Wu | Tsinghua University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yeonsik | Choi | Yonsei University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yen-Liang | Chen | National Central University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yasser | Shabana | Mansoura University | Egypt | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Yao | Chen | Soochow University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Yanze | Long | Shenyang Jianzhu university | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Ms | Yanqiu | Song | Central University of Finance and Economics | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | Yang | Xia | Xinjiang University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yanchun | Wan | Department of Electronic Business, South China University of Technology | China | Women Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Yanchun | Shi | Institute of process engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | | popularengineer.org |
| Prof. | Yan | Ding | China Medical University | China | | popularengineer.org |
| Ms | Yakup | Köse | Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | Yafei | Luo | Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, China | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | Xulong | Dai | SIGCL Postdoctoral Center, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Ms. | Xiwen | Zhang | School of Information Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |