{{Short description|Chinese-American electronics engineer}} {{Use dmy dates|cs1-dates=ly|date=April 2026}} {{Use list-defined references|date=April 2026}} {{CS1 config|mode=cs2}} '''Tingyi Gu''' is a Chinese and American electronics engineer known for her research on silicon photonics and nanophotonics.{{r|pecase|optica|nwerk}} She is an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware.{{r|fac}}
==Education and career== Gu received a bachelor's degree in information technology from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2008. She continued her studies in electrical engineering at Columbia University, where she received a master's degree in 2010 and completed her Ph.D. in 2014, including a summer internship at Bell Labs.{{r|cv}}
After postdoctoral research at HP Labs and Princeton University, she joined the University of Delaware as an assistant professor in 2016.{{r|cv}}
==Recognition== Gu was a 2025 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, "for her pioneering contributions to silicon photonics, particularly in advancing hybrid nanophotonic devices for optical communication, sensing, and space applications".{{r|pecase}} She was named as a 2026 Fellow of Optica, "for resolving material, nanofabrication, and systems challenges of silicon photonics with subwavelength design concepts and crystalline memory materials".{{r|optica}}
==References== <references>
<ref name=cv>{{citation|url=https://www.ece.udel.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Tingyi-Gu_0128_department.pdf|title=Curriculum vitae|date=July 2021|publisher=University of Delaware Electrical & Computer Engineering|access-date=2026-04-12}}</ref>
<ref name=fac>{{citation|url=https://www.ece.udel.edu/people/faculty/tingyigu/|title=Tingyi Gu|work=Faculty profiles|publisher=University of Delaware Electrical & Computer Engineering|access-date=2026-04-12}}</ref>
<ref name=nwerk>{{citation|url=https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news/newsid=48720.php|title=Communicating at the speed of light with graphene|date=November 22, 2017|work=Nanowerk|access-date=2026-04-12}}</ref>
<ref name=optica>{{citation|url=https://www.optica.org/get_involved/awards_and_honors/fellow_members/elected_fellows/|title=Meet the 2026 Optica Fellows|work=Elected Fellows|publisher=Optica|access-date=2026-04-12}}</ref>
<ref name=pecase>{{citation|url=https://www.ee.columbia.edu/news/electrical-engineering-alum-tingyi-gu-receives-presidential-early-career-award|title=Electrical Engineering Alum Tingyi Gu Receives Presidential Early Career Award|first=Xintian Tina|last=Wang|date=February 10, 2025|publisher=Columbia University Electrical Engineering|access-date=2026-04-12}}</ref>
</references>
==External links== *{{Google Scholar id|1W7RFkEAAAAJ}}
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