Professor Yu had been in Georgia Tech ever since and was promoted to Professorship in 1980.He also served as Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the Emory University Medical School since 1985.

• 在1980年，尤博士被擢升至正教授之职，他亦由1985年被美国艾默理大学医学院委任为眼科名誉临床教授。