Alfred Yu, PhD, PEng (He/Him/His)

Dr. Alfred Yu is a Professor and Associate Vice-President (Partnerships, Entrepreneurship and Commercialization) at the University of Waterloo. He is based in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and holds cross-appointments in Pharmacy and Applied Mathematics. Dr. Yu is the Director of the NSERC CREATE Program on Next-Generation Innovations in Ultrasonics (N-GENIUS), Associate Director of the Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, and a Research Scientist at the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging.

Dr. Yu has a long-standing research interest in ultrasound imaging and therapeutics. He began his academic career at the University of Hong Kong before relocating his research group to Waterloo in 2015. His work has been recognized by numerous prestigious honors and awards, including the IEEE Carl Hellmuth Hertz Award, the ISTU Frederic Lizzi Award, the IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award, the Ontario Early Researcher Award, and various best paper prizes.

Dr. Yu is an NSERC Steacie Memorial Fellow and an elected fellow of several major professional societies, including IEEE, AIUM, CAE, EIC, and AAIA. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, the Program Chair of the 2023 and 2025 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, and the Vice-Chair of the AIUM Basic Science & Instrumentation Community. He has previously chaired the IUS Medical Ultrasound Group and the ISTU Education Committee, and served on the boards of several leading ultrasound professional societies, including IEEE UFFC and ISTU. Dr. Yu was also an Associate Editor of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.

• Ultrasound imaging: Advanced imaging algorithms; High-performance beamforming platforms; Flow phantom design

• Therapeutic ultrasound: Cellular dynamics studies; Wave-matter interactions; Nanotechnology

• 2007, PhD in Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto

• 2004, MASc in Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto

• 2002, BSc (Distinction) in Electrical Engineering, University of Calgary

• IEEE Carl Hellmuth Hertz Ultrasonics Award

• NSERC Steacie Memorial Fellow

• IEEE Fellow

• CAE Fellow

• EIC Fellow

• AIUM Fellow

• AAIA Fellow

• ISTU Frederic Lizzi Award

• IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award

• Ontario Early Researcher Award

• UW Outstanding Performance Award (received twice)

• UW Engineering Research Excellence Award

• BME 487 - Special Topics in Biomedical Signals
  • Taught in 2020
• BME 581 - Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
  • Taught in 2024
• ECE 493 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Taught in 2024
• ECE 601 - Foundations of Biology in Engineering
  • Taught in 2020, 2023
• ECE 607 - Fundamentals of Ultrasonics
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2023
• ECE 700 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Taught in 2024

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• Four professors elected as Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
• Electrical and computer engineering professor, Alfred Yu, elevated to IEEE Fellow
• Prof honoured for contributions to engineering
• Pushing the potential of ultrasound
• Professor awarded $1.65M for ultrasound training