{"id":66530,"date":"2020-05-26T13:27:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T17:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=66530"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:22:04","slug":"winnie-ye-wins-pir-award","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/winnie-ye-wins-pir-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton\u2019s Winnie Ye Receives Partners in Research Technology and Engineering Ambassador Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton\u2019s Winnie Ye Receives Partners in Research Technology and Engineering Ambassador Award\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/path>\n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Winnie Ye<\/a>, professor in the Department of Electronics<\/a> and Canada Research Chair in Nano-scale IC Design for Reliable Opto-Electronics and Sensors, has been awarded the 2020 Partners in Research (PIR) Technology and Engineering Ambassador Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PIR\u2019s mandate is to educate the public about the importance of research in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Ye received this year\u2019s award for her work in silicon photonics, as well as her dedication to STEM-based outreach activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nominated by Rafik Goubran, Carleton University vice-president (Research and International), Ye is a passionate leader in the field of silicon photonics and a role model for women in engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Currently in her 10th and final year as a Canada Research Chair (Tier II), Ye serves as chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Ottawa Section<\/a>, where she has mentored women throughout Canada for eight years as chair of the IEEE Women-in-Engineering Ottawa Chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this role, she has organized more than 30 seminars, including the International Forum for Women in Photonics in 2017, which featured Canada\u2019s only female Nobel Laureate, Donna Strickland. It served as the first forum for photonics researchers aimed at advancing women\u2019s leadership in international research.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cBecause I am the first and only female faculty member in the Department of Electronics, it\u2019s very close to my heart to commit myself to increase the number of young women in engineering, while also encouraging them to pursue leadership positions,\u201d says Ye.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

She was also recently elected as a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada<\/a> for her numerous contributions to the field of silicon photonics, including 140 refereed publications and securing more than $2.7 million in research funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are a lot of applications for silicon photonics,\u201d Ye says. \u201cThe application for my research ranges from data communications, telecommunications, bio-medical sensing and renewable energy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Her recent work in data communications investigates an artificial intelligence scanning system for lidars (a remote sensing method), offering more accurate and efficient ways for autonomous vehicles to scan and collect light beams. Ye’s next application will be working in optical satellite communications to provide broadband connectivity to rural areas and eventually, outer space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ye also works with students by leading the Silicon Micro\/NanoPhotonics Group<\/a> in the Department of Electronics to create dynamic telecommunication devices, such as modulators, switches, detectors, and polarization controllers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThese devices can change how data centres operate, which is especially important for Canadians during this time of global connectivity,\u201d Ye explains.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cThe units we\u2019ve presented, fabricated and demonstrated are really useful in making next-generation devices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ye explains that she is motivated to promote public awareness of photonics because of the technology\u2019s great potential. While silicon photonics may be incredibly technical subject, she sees the future of her research growing as she works to advance public knowledge of the field.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cWe may replace electronics with optics completely in the future,\u201d Ye says. \u201cI want the public to increase their awareness of this next-generation technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Ye\u2019s win marks Carleton\u2019s third success in the PIR Technology and Engineering Ambassador Award, alongside past recipients Banu \u00d6rmeci<\/a> (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) in 2016 and Audrey Girouard<\/a> (School of Information Technology) in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Winnie Ye, professor in the Department of Electronics and Canada Research Chair in Nano-scale IC Design for Reliable Opto-Electronics and Sensors, has been awarded the 2020 Partners in Research (PIR) Technology and Engineering Ambassador Award. PIR\u2019s mandate is to educate the public about the importance of research in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Ye […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":66531,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_story_type":[13],"cu_story_tag":[1918],"class_list":["post-66530","cu_story","type-cu_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_story_type-research-discovery","cu_story_tag-faculty-of-engineering-and-design"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"blueprint"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/66530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/66530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98250,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/66530\/revisions\/98250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_story_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story_type?post=66530"},{"taxonomy":"cu_story_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story_tag?post=66530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}