Yisheng Mao, Chinese structural engineer (Dantu, Jiangsu Province 09 January 1896 – Beijing 12 November 1989)
Authored over 200 papers and 6 books
Regarded as founder of modern bridge engineering
Authored his dissertation Secondary stresses in Bridge Truss where enunciated Mao law (1919)
MEMBERSHIP
Senior Member, International Bridge and Structural Project Association
Foreign Academician, National Academy of Sciences, United States (1956)
Honorary Members, Canadian Society of Civil Engineers