| Dr | Rita | El Kassis | Arizona State University | United States | Construction Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Xiaochun | Yin | New Mexico State University | United States | Water and Wastewater Treatment | Women Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Rashed | Alarrak | Virginia Tech Univeristy | United States | Materials Science and Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Kamil | Khalaf | The University of Arizona | United States | Sustainable Development | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Raffaella | De Vita | Virginia Techq | United States | Others | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zhenyuan | Song | University of Illinois Chicago | United States | Others | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Abbott | Klimley | University of California, Davis (retired) | United States | Environmental Policy and Management | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Dr | Ruiguang | Pan | Indiana University Bloomington | United States | Environmental Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| 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 |