Dr. Winnie Ye is a Fellow of Optica and a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), currently 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 diverse applications in telecommunications, data communication, biophotonics, and renewable energy. Dr. Ye received her B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University, followed by advanced studies in Photonics. Dr. Ye earned her M.A.Sc. and Ph.D degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto and Carleton University, respectively. After completing her doctoral studies, 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.
Her outstanding contributions have been recognized with numerous prestigeous awards, inclding the 2021 IEEE MGA (Members and Geographic Activities) Leadership Award, and the Partners In Research PIR's 2020 National Technology and Engineering Ambassador Award. She was 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 was honored with the Provost's Fellowship in Teaching Award, earning her the title of Carleton University's Teaching Fellow. Dr. Ye's dedication to research excellence is evident through her receipt of MRI's Early Researcher Award (ERA) in 2012, the Research Achievement Award from Carleton University in 2013, and the 2021 Research Achievement Award from Carleton's Faculty of Engineering and Design. She has actively contributed to the field by serving as the Chair of Optica's Photonics and Opto-Electronics Technical Division from 2021 to 2023. Currently, Dr. Ye holds the Chair-Elect position of the IEEE Women in Engineering for 2024 and is an elected member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Photonics Society.
Watch a short video from my past student Kevan MacKay on his experience as a grad student:
Research interests:
Silicon-based micro- and nano-photonics and applications in 4 key application areas: telecommunications, data communications, sensing, and solar photovoltaics. Our group also works in the area of Artificial Neural Network / Machine Learning for photonic device design.
July 28, 2022 - Dr. Ye is shortlisted for the Woman of the Year Award by Women in IT Awards - Canada.
March 10, 2022 - Dr. Ye received Carleton University's Graduate Mentoring Award.
Feb 20, 2022 - Graduate student William Fraser won Gary S. Duck Graduate Scholarship in Photonics.
Dec 10, 2021 - Pablo Ginel Moreno's conference paper has won the Best Student Paper Award at Group IV Photonics Conference!
Nov 20, 2021 - Dr. Ye won the IEEE MGA (Members and Geographic Activities) Leadership Award "for her exemplary leadership and distinguished contributions in promoting and supporting activities at local, regional, and international IEEE engineering communities".
May 9, 2021 - PhD student Dr. Dusan Gostimirovic won the Senate Medal for his outstanding work in his PhD ptoject.
April 26, 2021 - MASc student Kevan MacKay won Gradflix 60 sec to explain your research award (3rd place and People's Choice Award). Here is Kevan's winning video Innovating at the Speed of Light.
March 23, 2021 - Dr. Ye won the 2021 Research Award from the Faculty of Engineering and Design at Carleton University.
Feb 15, 2021 - Master's student Andrew Branicki won Gary S. Duck Graduate Scholarship in Photonics.
Nov 6, 2020 - Congratulations to Dusan on a successful Ph.D. thesis defense! Very proud of you, Dr. Gostimirovic.
Oct 8, 2020 - William Fraser won the Chudobiak Entrepreneurship Award in Electrical Engineering!
Nombermber 1, 2019 - Dr. Ye is the Chair-Elect of the Photonics and Opto-Electronics Technical Division of the Optical Society (OSA) in 2020-2021.
October 21, 2019 - Congratulations to Alejandro Sanchez-Postigo for publishing his PhD work at NRC in Nature Communications. Welcome to my group, Alejandro!
September 26, 2019 - Shuxia Li's recent publication, "JFET Integration Using a Foundry SOI Photonics Platform," was selected as the Issue Cover for Issue 19, 2019 of Applied Science.
September 12, 2019 - Dr. Ye became the Associate editor of OSA's new open-access journal "PhotoniX".
September 3, 2019 - Dr. Ye received the Provost's Fellowship in Teaching Award. Dr. Ye is now designated as a Carleton University teaching fellow.
JUne 24, 2019 - Dr.Ye became an OSA Senior Member.
April 1, 2018 - Dusan Gostimirovic won the NSERC-PGS D scholarship.
April 7, 2018 - Congratulations to Abrar, David, Khan and Alex for winning the Best Oral Presentation for their 4th year project!
February 5, 2018 - Niharika Kohli won the Shastri Indian-Canadian Research Student Fellowship.
February 21, 2018 - Dr. Ye was the winner of the PEO Ottawa Chapter's 2018 Engineering Excellence Award.
February 13, 2018 - Dr. Ye's 4th year project on LIDAR was selected to received $500 from the Capstone Design Project Fund (Faculty of Engineering, Carleton University).
November 20, 2017 - Dr. Ye is elected as the Chair of the Optoelectronics Technical Group of the Optical Society (OSA) (2018-2021).
October 27, 2017 - The IEEE Women-in-Engineering Ottawa Chapter is the winner of the 2017 Outstanding Affinity Group of the Year Award, presented by the IEEE Ottawa Section.
September 8, 2017 - Prof. Ye's research on airborne toxins is featured by NSERC.
August 30, 2017 - Congratulations to David Lister for representing Team Canada to compete at the WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017 this October in the Mechanical CADD contest.
May 23, 2017 - Invited seminar talk on "Silicon Photonics" to the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Vancouver Chapter, Vancouver, BC.
Apr 2016 - Our aircraft cabin air quality sensor project with Specific Range Solutions (SRS) is featured in the April 2016 issue of the Kanata Networker (pg. 13).
Aug 26, 2015 - The IEEE Photonics Society Ottawa Section Chapter is the winner of the 2015 IEEE Photonics Society Chapter of the Year Award.
Jul 1, 2015 - Dr. Ye was elected as the Vice Chair of the IEEE Photonics Society Ottawa Section Chapter.
May 6, 2015 - Yule Xiong has won the prestigious "2014 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad""
Feb 2015 - Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports, a journal from Nature Publishing Group, the publishers of Nature.
Jan 2015 - NSERC Strategic Projects Selection Panel – Information and Communications Technologies (2015-2018)
Jun 5, 2013 - Ali Aleali wins the Best Student Presentation on the "Photonic theory, design and simulation" session at the SPIE Photonics North conference
Nov 26, 2012 - Marc successfully passed his M.A.Sc. thesis defence - Congratulations, Marc!
Nov 20, 2012 - Dr. Ye was invited to speak at the IEEE Joint Seminar on Photonics, organized by IEEE WIE, Photonics Society, ComSoc, BTS and CES Ottawa Joint Chapters, IEEE Canada Area East, IEEE Ottawa Section Gold, and Carleton University SPIE Student Chapter
Oct 17, 2012 - Dr. Ye received IEEE Senior Member (SMIEEE) grade
Sep 1, 2012 - Bryce Dorin won the Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship!
May 31, 2012 - Dr. Ye becomes the Chair of the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Ottawa Chapter
Feb 23, 2012 - Dr. Ye is invited to speak at the Microwave Photonics Seminar Series organized by IEEE Ottawa Section Antennas and Propagation Society and Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (AP / MTT) Joint Chapter, IEEE Photonics Society Ottawa Chapter (LEOS), and IEEE Ottawa Section (OS) on Silicon photonics
Oct 11, 2011 - Yule Xiong and Martin Friedl won Ed Ireland Award for Engineering - Congratulations, Yule and Martin!
May 19, 2011 - Marc Ibrahim won the 2nd prize on his poster presentation at the Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations (CIPI) Annual General Meeting
Aug 4, 2010 - Invited keynote speaker for the International Conference on Nanotechnology, organized by International Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (ASET)
Apr 23, 2010 - Dr. Ye received the CFI equipment grant
