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

Alfred Yu is a Professor and Assistant Vice-President (Research and International) at the University of Waterloo. He is based in the ECE department and holds cross appointments in Pharmacy and Applied Mathematics. He is the Director of NSERC CREATE Program on Next-Generation Innovations in Ultrasonics (N-GENIUS). He is also an Associate Director of the Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology and a Research Scientist at the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging.

Prof. Yu has long-standing research interests in ultrasound imaging and therapeutics. He started his academic career at the University of Hong Kong and relocated his research group to Waterloo in 2015. His research is recognized by various prestigious honors and prizes, including IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award, ISTU Frederic Lizzi Award, Ontario Early Researcher Award, and various best paper prizes.

Prof. Yu is an NSERC Steacie Memorial Fellow and an elected fellow of major professional societies (IEEE, AIUM, CAE, EIC, and AAIA). He is now the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, the Program Chair of 2023 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, and the Secretary of AIUM Basic Science & Instrumentation Community. He has previously chaired the IUS Medical Ultrasound Group and the ISTU Education Committee, and has served on the board of major ultrasound professional societies (IEEE UFFC, ISTU). He 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

• 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 2019, 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 2019, 2020, 2023
• ECE 607 - Fundamentals of Ultrasonics
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2023
• ECE 700 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Taught in 2019, 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