| Dr | Ansley | Ricker | Atrium Health | United States | Others | Medical Research and Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ju-Ying | Yang | Kansas State University | United States | Environmental Policy and Management | Energy transitions | Best Researcher Award |
| 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 | Natural hazard modeling | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Peisong | Gao | Johns Hopkins University | United States | Materials Science and Engineering | Medical science | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Bijaya | Rai | University of Connecticut | United States | Structural Engineering | Material Development-Concrete, more specifically ultra high performance concrete | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Md Arifur | Rahman | Georgia Southern University | United States | Structural Health Monitoring | Railroad | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhe | Han | The University of Texas at Austin - Center for Transportation Research | United States | Transportation Engineering | Traffic Safety Analysis; Large-scale Infrastructure Management; Resilience Analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Winston | Soboyejo | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | United States | Materials Science and Engineering | Mechanical properties/MSE/Sustainable Materials | Sustainable Infrastructure Innovation Award |
| Dr | John | Ramirez Avila | Mississippi State University | United States | Water Resources Engineering | Environmental Hydrology | Best Scholar Award |
| Mr | Oluwaseun | AKINYEMI | University of Houston | United States | Environmental Risk Assessment | Exploration Geophysics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Redwan | Walid | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | United States | Structural Health Monitoring | Electronic Health Record System | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Joe | Kocan | University at Buffalo | United States | Others | Arthroplasty and surgical implants | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Kumareswaran | Keerthana | University of Ruhuna | United States | Environmental Engineering | Nature based solutions, lifecycle assessment, green infrastructure | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Prashant | Nagapurkar | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | United States | Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation | Carbon Capture | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Snowil | Lopes | Clemson University | United States | Environmental Engineering | Human in loop indoor environments | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Caroline | Clevenger | University of Colorado Denver (Civil Engineering) | United States | Construction Management | Worker Performance | Research Excellence in Civil and Environmental Engineering Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Pamela | Coleman | Howard University College of Medicine | United States | Others | Education | Excellence in Research |
| Prof Dr | Iris | Mohr | St. John’s University | United States | Sustainable Development | Sustainable Fashion, Green Marketing, Ethics | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Zabihollah | Rezaee | The University of Memphis | United States | Environmental Policy and Management | Managemnt Reports | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Raana | Koushki | ERM - Environmental Resources Management | United States | Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation | Climate Change, Hydrology, Water quality, Risk assessment | Best Researcher Award |