| Mr. | Yonglin | Tao | 浙江大学 | China | Best Researcher Award | tandfonline.com |
| Prof. Dr | Zuzana | Slezáková | Faculty of Nursing and Professional Health Studies Slovak Medical University in Bratislava | Slovakia | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Zohaib | Khan | Jiangsu University | China | Excellence in Research Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Ziqiang | Zheng | Wuhan Polytechnic University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zhilong | He | Xinjiang University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Zheng | Xuejun | School of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Xiangtan University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | Zehua | Yu | Xidian University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr. | Zeena | Pillai | Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham | India | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Zdzislaw | Kowalczuk | Gdansk University of Technology | Poland | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Yves | Harder | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) | Switzerland | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Ms | Yuxun | Zhu | Jiangsu University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr. | Yuxin | Zhang | Tongji University | China | | 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 |
| Dr | yunge | zou | Chongqing University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Yulia | Yugay | FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC CENTER OF THE EAST ASIA TERRESTRIAL BIODIVERSITY FAR EASTERN BRANCH OF RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (FSCEATB FEB RAS) | Russia | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | Yuhang | Hu | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Yücel | Makaracı | Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yuanzhi | Zhang | Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr. | Yuanke | Wu | 中铁工程装备集团有限公司 | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Younggun | Kim | Sogang University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |