Aiping Yu
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Aiping Yu | |
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| Education | Nanjing University of Technology East China University of Science and Technology |
| Known for | Nanomaterials, graphene, energy storage, polymer composites |
| Awards | E. W. R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (2020) Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry (2022) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical engineering |
| Workplaces | University of Waterloo |
Aiping Yu is a chemical engineer and professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada, where she holds a University Research Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Her research covers nanomaterials, graphene, energy storage and polymer composites.[1] She received the E. W. R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship in 2020 and the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry from the Royal Society of Canada in 2022.[2][3]
Education and early career
[edit]Yu studied chemical engineering at Nanjing University of Technology and earned a master's degree in the same field from East China University of Science and Technology in 2002. She completed a PhD in chemical and environmental engineering at the University of California, Riverside in 2008.[1]
She worked as a research scientist in the plastics industry before joining the University of Waterloo's Department of Chemical Engineering in 2009.[2][4]
Research
[edit]Yu directs the Applied Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory at Waterloo.[5] Her group works on the synthesis and processing of carbon nanotubes, graphene and other two-dimensional materials, and on using them in supercapacitors and in lithium-ion, sodium-ion and zinc-ion batteries.[1] Her work also includes nanomaterials for polymer composites, solar cells and sensors.[5]
In 2016 her group received an NSERC Strategic Partnership Grant to work with Canadian companies on graphene-fibre supercapacitors for wearable electronics.[6] Another line of her research has looked at graphene-based polymer coatings for oil pipelines.[7]
Awards
[edit]- 2020 – E. W. R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada[2]
- 2022 – Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry, Royal Society of Canada[3]
- 2023 – Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100, BMO STEM category, Women's Executive Network[8]
- 2025 – Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering[9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Aiping Yu". Nanotechnology Engineering. University of Waterloo. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Aiping Yu awarded NSERC's Steacie Memorial Fellowship". Chemical Engineering. University of Waterloo. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Past Award Winners". Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- ↑ "Aiping Yu honoured with national award". Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology. University of Waterloo. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Aiping Yu". Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology. University of Waterloo. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- ↑ "Aiping Yu awarded NSERC Strategic Partnership Grant for work on supercapacitors". Chemical Engineering. University of Waterloo. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- ↑ "Aiping Yu". Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- ↑ "Dean Wells and Prof Yu named among Canada's most powerful women". Engineering. University of Waterloo. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- ↑ "Aiping Yu elected as a Fellow by the prestigious Canadian Academy of Engineering". Chemical Engineering. University of Waterloo. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2026.