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聽from the in the , took home the most prestigious award of the night 鈥� the NSW Government-sponsored聽Bradfield Award 鈥� at Engineers Australia's 2017 NSW Showcase dinner.

The award is named after John Bradfield, the celebrated engineer and University of Sydney alumnus behind two of Sydney鈥檚 most transformative projects: the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the city鈥檚 underground railway system.

NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer, Professor Mary O'Kane, presented the award to Professor Yi in recognition of her accomplishment of exceptional engineering merit, which makes a major contribution to the community.

Professor Yi was recognised for her research into nanophotonics and microwave photonics and her research outcome for real-world applications, including a .

University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor and Principal Dr Michael Spence congratulated Professor Yi on her achievement.

鈥淭his success reflects the high calibre of Professor Yi鈥檚 work and her commitment to solving real-world problems,鈥� he said.

Professor Yi said she was honoured to win the prestigious award and represent the University of Sydney.

鈥淚 would like to thank my colleagues in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies for their support and the University of Sydney community for encouraging my multidisciplinary research, across my faculty, the聽聽(AINST) and the聽,鈥� she said.聽

Professor Yi is the 鈥楥omputing, Communication and Security鈥� theme leader in AINST and part of the first cohort of fellows of the University鈥檚聽.

She was also named as聽聽in Engineers Australia鈥檚 Most Innovative Engineers 2017 awards earlier this year.聽

Professor Yi will join a panel of experts for a special Sydney Ideas event on entrepreneurship this Wednesday 11 October.聽聽to find out more and register.