Mao Yisheng’s main deeds: presided over the construction of China’s first modern bridge, founder and advocate of China’s soil mechanics discipline, and engineering educator.
Mao Yisheng (January 9, 1896 - November 12, 1989), courtesy name Tang Chen, was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. Civil engineer, bridge expert, engineering educator, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Engineering, and the Academia Sinica.
Mao Yisheng has presided over the work of the China Academy of Railway Sciences for more than 30 years and has made outstanding contributions to the progress of railway science and technology. A pioneer who actively advocates the application of soil mechanics in engineering.
Mao Yisheng presided over the construction of the Qiantang River Bridge, the first modern large-scale bridge designed and built by the Chinese themselves, which became a milestone in the history of China's railway bridges; after the founding of New China, he participated Designed the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge. In his later years, he compiled "History of Chinese Bridges", "China's Ancient Bridges and New Bridges", etc. He died of illness in Beijing on November 12, 1989 at the age of 93.
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Mao Yisheng’s original name was Mao Yisheng, and his courtesy name was Tang Chen. A native of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. He graduated from the Civil Engineering Department of Tangshan Industrial College in 1916 and later went to study in the United States. In 1917, he received a master's degree in civil engineering from Cornell University in the United States. In 1921, he received a doctorate in engineering from the California Institute of Technology in the United States. After returning to China, he served as professor at Tangshan Industrial College, director of engineering at Nanjing Southeast University, president of Hohai Engineering University, and president of Tianjin Beiyang University.
After 1933, he served as director of the Hangzhou Qiantang River Bridge Engineering Department and designed and built my country's first modern double-decker railway and highway bridge. In 1938, he served as dean and professor of Tangshan Institute of Engineering.
After 1942, he served as a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering employed by the Ministry of Education of the National Government, director of the Bridge Design Engineering Department of the Ministry of Transport, general manager and chief engineer of China Bridge Corporation, academician and commentator of the Mathematics Group of Academia Sinica, and member of the China Engineering Group President of the society. On the eve of the liberation of Shanghai in 1949, he was appointed by the Kuomintang as the Secretary-General of the Shanghai Municipal Government. During his few days in office, he did useful work to protect Shanghai factory equipment and release political prisoners.
In September 1949, he attended the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as president of China Jiaotong University, director of China Railway Research Institute, director of Railway Science Research Institute, chairman of Shanghai Science and Technology Federation, chairman of China Civil Engineering Society, and popularizer of science and technology in China. Vice Chairman of the Association, Vice Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology.
Vice Chairman of the Beijing Science and Technology Association, senior member of the International Society of Bridge and Structural Engineering, member of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, foreign academician of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and honorary member of the Canadian Civil Engineering Society. member. From May 1984 to March 1988, he served as Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Joined the Communist Party of China in October 1987.
He is a member of the Standing Committee of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth National People's Congress; a member of the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; and a member of the Fourth Central Committee of the Jiusan Society. Standing Member, Vice Chairman of the 5th, 6th and 7th CPC Central Committee, Honorary Chairman of the 8th CPC Central Committee.
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