| Prof | Kiran | Christopher | Mar Athanasius College of Engineering Kothamangalam, Kerala | India | Automotive Materials | Lubricants | Excellence in Innovation | View Profile |
| Prof | Pranab K. | Dan | Seacom Skills University, Bolpur, India | India | Hybrid Vehicles | Powertrain Component Sizing and Design Optimisation | Excellence in Innovation | View Profile |
| Mr | Ziyoda | Mukhamedova | Tashkent State transport University | Uzbekistan | Hybrid Vehicles | Railway Transport | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Rolf | Isermann | Institut Automatisierungstechnik, Technische Universität Darmstadt | Germany | Automotive Software | Driver Assistance, Autonomous Control | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Oluwatoyin Joseph | Gbadeyan | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Environmental Impact of Vehicles | Biodiesel | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Mostafa Ismail | Yacoub | Military Technical College | Egypt | ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) | Design of Adaptive Cruise Control systems | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Dan | Wang | Guangdong Polytechnic of Water Resources and Electric Engineering | China | Suspension Systems | Fault Diagnosis, Convolutional Neural Networks, Particle Swarm Optimization, Urban Rail Transit | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zizhen | Qiu | CATARC New Energy Vehicle Research and Inspection Center (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. | China | Powertrain Engineering | E-Drive test and certification | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Duyang | Zang | Northwestern Polytechnical University | China | NVH (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness) | Acoustic manipullation | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Latefa | SAIL | University of Tlemcen | Algeria | Hybrid Vehicles | Technology | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Shuoyuan | Mao | Tsinghua University | China | Electric Vehicles | Battery Management and Control | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zhaoting | Zhang | Xuzhou Administration Institute | China | Environmental Impact of Vehicles | Public Administration | Green Transport Innovation Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Volodymyr | Verbytskyy | Coventry University | United Kingdom | Vehicle Dynamics | Investigation of Divergent Stability Loss in a Tractor-Semitrailer System | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Weihao | Zeng | Wuhan University of Technology | China | Battery Technology | Battery material recycling | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof | He-Fei | Li | He-fei Li | China | Vehicle Dynamics | Service status monitoring and life prediction | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Annamdasu | Nageswara Rao | Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering | India | Automobile Engineering | Road Safety | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Ranganayakulu | Chennu | Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani | India | Thermal Management Systems | Compact Heat Exchangers | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Maria | Gkemou | Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) | Greece | Autonomous Vehicles | CCAM, PDI for CCAM | R&D Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zhen | Guo | Wuhan University of Technology | China | Autonomous Vehicles | Engineering | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yipeng | Sun | Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo | China | Battery Technology | Battery electrode/electrolyte interface | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |