| Dr | Mohammadreza | Sabouri | Sharif University of Technology | Iran | Transportation Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Qingxiang | Ji | Harbin Institute of Technology/National University of Singapore | China | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Runze | Zhang | Nanjing University | China | Sustainable Development | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | SEYED AMIR HASSAN | BATHAEI | Graduate University of Advanced Technology | Iran | Materials Science and Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Yuan | Feng | Ocean University of China | China | Sustainable Development | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Xiaoyong | Xie | South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute | China | Environmental Policy and Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Xuhao | Cui | Beijing University of Technology | China | Transportation Engineering | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |
| Ms | Xu | Zhang | Hebei GEO University | China | Environmental Policy and Management | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |
| Dr | Zhe | Han | The University of Texas at Austin - Center for Transportation Research | United States | Transportation Engineering | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |
| Prof | Ruifeng | Shi | North China Electric Power University | China | | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |
| Mr | Jiejie | Li | University of New South Wales, Sydney | Australia | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |
| Dr | Na | Chen | Beijing Normal University School of Government | China | Sustainable Development | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |
| Dr | Yao | Hu | the University of Melbourne | Australia | Structural Engineering | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |
| Mr | Mohamed | Almansour | University of Missouri-Columbia | United States | Transportation Engineering | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ruiheng | Li | Hubei Key Laboratory of Digital Finance Innovation | China | Environmental Engineering | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yi | Di | Hubei Key Laboratory of Digital Finance Innovation | China | Sustainable Development | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |
| Prof Dr | Qiang | Zhang | State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin/China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research | China | Geotechnical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |
| Dr | Guangyao | Fan | Shandong university | China | Sustainable Development | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |
| Dr | Zhaowei | Sun | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | China | Geotechnical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |
| Dr | Shan | Guo | Institute of Robotics and Automatic Information Systems, College of artificial intelligence, Nankai University | China | Others | Best Researcher Award | civilengineeringawards.com |