| Mr | António | Correia | University of Jyväskylä | Finland | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Liu | Ying | East China Jiaotong University | China | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Rafael | Rebelo | University of Coimbra | Portugal | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Ho-jun | Song | Postech | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Amir Hossein | akbari | Iran University of Science and Technology | Iran | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Dapeng Zhang | Zhang | Guangdong Ocean University | China | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Oussama | El Othmani | Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie | Tunisia | Best Innovation Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Víctor Pablo | Prado Sánchez | Universidad de Alcalá | Spain | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Jeremy | Carlosama | Yachay Tech University | Ecuador | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Bebetebe | Fetimi | University of Strathclyde | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Jun | Hu | Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine | China | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Ganiyat | Salawu | University of KwaZulu-Natal,Durban | South Africa | Excellence in Research Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Ibrahim Khalil | Kabir | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Kevin | Clark | Cures Within Reach; NSF ACCESS; Frontier Development Lab; SETI Institute; IEEE Nanotechnology and Biometrics Councils; NIST/ANSI US National Committee | United States | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Zohaib | Khan | Jiangsu University | China | Excellence in Research Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Rima | Isaifan | Georgetown University and Ministy of Higher Education Qatar | Qatar | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Mona | Ali | King Faisal University | Saudi Arabia | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Chahira | CHERIF | Industrial Computing and Networking Laboratory (LRIIR), Faculty of Medecine, University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella | Algeria | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Mohammed | MAIZA | Faculty of Exact and applied Sciences, University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella | Algeria | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Meltem | Eranıl | Izmir University of Economics | Turkey | Excellence in Research Award | popularengineer.org |