| Dr | Sang-Phil | Kim | Winona State University | United States | Green Infrastructure | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Zhe | Wang | Oakland University | United States | Materials Science and Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ansley | Ricker | Atrium Health | United States | Others | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ju-Ying | Yang | Kansas State University | United States | Environmental Policy and Management | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Saeid | Janizadeh | Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering and Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai'i at Manoa | United States | Environmental Engineering | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Prof | Peisong | Gao | Johns Hopkins University | United States | Materials Science and Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Bijaya | Rai | University of Connecticut | United States | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Md Arifur | Rahman | Georgia Southern University | United States | Structural Health Monitoring | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zhe | Han | The University of Texas at Austin - Center for Transportation Research | United States | Transportation Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Winston | Soboyejo | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | United States | Materials Science and Engineering | Sustainable Infrastructure Innovation Award | View Profile |
| Dr | John | Ramirez Avila | Mississippi State University | United States | Water Resources Engineering | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Oluwaseun | AKINYEMI | University of Houston | United States | Environmental Risk Assessment | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Redwan | Walid | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | United States | Structural Health Monitoring | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Joe | Kocan | University at Buffalo | United States | Others | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Kumareswaran | Keerthana | University of Ruhuna | United States | Environmental Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Prashant | Nagapurkar | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | United States | Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Snowil | Lopes | Clemson University | United States | Environmental Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Caroline | Clevenger | University of Colorado Denver (Civil Engineering) | United States | Construction Management | Research Excellence in Civil and Environmental Engineering Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Pamela | Coleman | Howard University College of Medicine | United States | Others | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Iris | Mohr | St. John’s University | United States | Sustainable Development | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |