Ronald W. Yeung (born 1945) is a Distinguished Professor of Hydromechanics and Ocean Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

His academic career started at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where, from 1973 to 1982, he was an assistant, then associate professor with tenure, in the Ocean Engineering Department.

On June 22, 2012, he was appointed the Inaugural Faculty Holder of the American Bureau of Shipping Endowed Chair in Ocean Engineering at UC Berkeley.

[13] A special symposium on ship and offshore hydrodynamics was held by ASME-OMAE2012 in Rio de Janeiro in honor of his contributions in these fields.

In recent time, his research interests have focused on safety issues of marine vehicles, "green ship" by design, and renewable energy from tidal current, floating offshore winds, and ocean waves.