Cao Jianyou (; July 19, 1917 – September 19, 1997) was a Chinese electrical engineer. He was one of the earliest contributors to Chinese

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, a member of

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, and an expert in

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Biography

Cao Jianyou was born on July 19, 1917, in

Changsha Changsha is the capital of Hunan, China. It is the 15th most populous city in China with a population of 10,513,100, the Central China#Cities with urban area over one million in population, third-most populous city in Central China, and the ...

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

, Republic of China. He was admitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering of

Shanghai Jiaotong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is a public university in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. It is a membe ...

in 1936. After graduation in 1940, he joined the School of Engineering of

Southwest Associated University The National Southwestern Associated University was a national public university from 1938 to 1946 based in Kunming, Yunnan, China. It was formed by the wartime incorporation of National Peking University, National Tsinghua University, and Nati ...

as a faculty member. In 1945 he went to the U.S. to further his study, and got his Ph.D. degree from

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

in 1950 with his graduation paper ''Betatron characteristics of the MIT Synchrotron''. He joined

City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a Public university, public research university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York ...

after graduation, as a guest lecturer. After returning to China in 1951, he joined Department of Electrical Engineering of Tangshan Institute of Technology (now

Southwest Jiaotong University Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU; ) is a national public science and engineering university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. It is a national key university co-sponsored by the Minis ...

), where he became the dean of department later. In 1978, he was appointed as Vice Chancellor of Southwest Jiaotong University. In 1980, he was elected to be a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cao, Jianyou 1917 births 1997 deaths Chinese electrical engineers Engineers from Hunan Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Academic staff of the National Southwestern Associated University People from Changsha Scientists from Hunan National Chiao Tung University (Shanghai) alumni Academic staff of the Southwest Jiaotong University Chinese expatriates in the United States