Photo of Winnie Ye

Winnie Ye

Professor, Electronics, Photovoltaics, Environmental sensing

Phone:613-520-2600 x 8395
Email:Winnie.Ye@carleton.ca
Office:Minto Centre, 3074

Dr. Winnie Ye is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) and a Full Professor in the Department of Electronics at Carleton University. She was also a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Nano-scale IC Design for Reliable Opto-Electronics and Sensors from 2009 to 2021. Her expertise is in silicon photonics and its applications in telecommunications, data communication, biophotonics, and renewable energy. Dr. Ye received her B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University. She then studied Photonics and received her M.A.Sc. and Ph.D degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto and Carleton University, respectively. After that, she joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University as a NSERC postdoctoral fellow.

Dr. Ye returned to Carleton as a faculty member in 2009. Recently, she was shortlisted for the Woman of the Year Award by Women in IT Awards – Canada in 2022. She also won the prestigious 2021 IEEE MGA (Members and Geographic Activities) Leadership Award, and the Partners In Research’s 2020 Technology and Engineering Ambassador Award. She is the recipient of the 2018 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Inspiring Member Award, the 2018 Engineering Medal for Research and Development from the Ontario Professional Engineers (PEO), as well as the PEO Ottawa Chapter’s 2018 Engineering Excellence Award. In September 2019, Dr. Ye became a Carleton University teaching fellow after receiving the Provost’s Fellowship in Teaching Award. She was the recipient of MRI’s Early Researcher Award (ERA) in 2012, the Research Achievement Award from Carleton University in 2013, and the Research Award from Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design in 2021. She has been the elected Chair of the IEEE Canada Women in Engineering since January 2021. She has also been the elected Chair of Optica’s Photonics and Opto-Electronics Technical Division since 2021.