Winnie Ye

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Winnie N. Ye is a Canadian electronics engineer specializing in silicon-based photonics. [1] She is a professor of electronics at Carleton University.

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Education and career

Ye's parents are both computer scientist professors. [2] [3] She studied electrical engineering as an undergraduate at Carleton University. After earning a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Toronto, she returned to Carleton for her Ph.D. [4]

She was supported by NSERC as a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. She joined the Carleton faculty in 2009 as Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Nano-scale IC Design for Reliable Opto-Electronics and Sensors, which she held until 2021. [4]

Recognition

Ye was the 2018 winner of the IEEE Women in Engineering Inspiring Member of the Year Award. [5] In 2020, Ye was named as a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, [6] and as chair of Women in Engineering for IEEE Canada. [2] She has also chaired the Optoelectronics Technical Group of Optica. [3]

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References

  1. "Winnie Ye: How are we improving the efficiency of solar power?", Ontario's Universities, Council of Ontario Universities, 2014–2015, retrieved 2022-10-17
  2. 1 2 De Flaviis, Sissi (30 October 2020), Winnie Ye Appointed IEEE Canada's Chair of Women in Engineering, Carleton University, retrieved 2022-10-17
  3. 1 2 Robinson, Rebecca (November 2019), "Winnie Ye on Being Visible", Optics & Photonics News, Optica , retrieved 2022-10-17
  4. 1 2 Silicon Micro/NanoPhotonics Group, Carleton University, retrieved 2022-10-17
  5. "2018 IEEE Women in Engineering Award Recipients", IEEE Women in Engineering, IEEE, retrieved 2022-10-17
  6. "Winnie Ye" (PDF), 2020 Award Citation: EIC Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada, retrieved 2022-10-17