19 16 graduated from the civil engineering department of Tangshan Institute of Technology. The following year, he received a master's degree in civil engineering from Cornell University. 192 1 received his doctorate in engineering from Gary Institute of Technology. After returning to China, he successively served as professor of Tangshan College of Jiaotong University, director of engineering of Southeast University, president of Hohai University of Technology, dean of Beiyang Institute of Technology, director of engineering department of Qiantang River Bridge in Hangzhou, dean of Tangshan Institute of Technology of Jiaotong University, and director of bridge design and engineering department of Ministry of Communications of Kuomintang government. After the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as President of Jiaotong University, Director of Railway Research Institute of Ministry of Railways, Dean of Railway Research Institute, Second Vice-Chairman and Honorary Chairman of China Association for Science and Technology, Chairman of Beijing Association for Science and Technology, Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Third Chairman of china civil engineering society, Senior Member of the 5th-7th China Bridge and Structural Engineering Society of Jiu San Society, and Member of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Basic Engineering. 1982 was awarded the title of foreign academician by the National Academy of Sciences. 1933 led the design and construction of Qiantang River Bridge in Hangzhou. 1959 participated in the structural review of the Great Hall of the People.
Mao Yisheng was studious and enterprising since childhood, and was good at independent thinking. When he was 10 years old, a dragon boat race was held in his hometown during the Dragon Boat Festival. All the people watching the game stood on Wende Bridge. Because there were too many people, the bridge collapsed and killed many people. This unfortunate incident weighed heavily on Mao Yisheng's mind. He secretly made up his mind that when he grew up, he must build the strongest bridge. From then on, whenever Mao Yisheng saw a bridge, whether it was a stone bridge or a wooden bridge, he always saw enough from the deck to the bridge column. After Mao Yisheng went to school, he saw articles and paragraphs about bridges from books, so he copied them in his notebook. When he saw pictures about the bridge, he cut them out and pasted them on. After a long time, he accumulated several thick notebooks.
After graduating from high school, Mao Yisheng was admitted to the Department of Civil Engineering of Tangshan Institute of Technology. After graduating from Tangshan Road Mine 19 16, he was sent to the United States for postgraduate study with the first place, and set off for Cornell University in September. Who knows that the director of the school's registration office proudly said: "Tangshan, China has never heard of this school, and you must pass the exam to register." . After the examination, Mao Yisheng got excellent grades, so he applied for the postgraduate of bridge major. Since then, the graduates of Tangshan Road and Mine School have been sent to Cornell University for postgraduate study, and they are no longer allowed to pass the exam. Mao Yisheng received his master's degree from Cornell University Graduate School on 19 17 and his doctor's degree in engineering from Gary Leakey Institute of Technology on 19 19. The title of the doctoral thesis is "Secondary Stress of Bridge Mechanics", which was first-class in the world at that time, so it won the gold medal for scientific research awarded by Gariji Institute of Technology. 19 19 12, 24-year-old Mao Yisheng resolutely returned to China and became a professor at Tangshan College of Jiaotong University. Mao Yisheng said: "Looking back on my study and life, this 14 year effort is like building a bridge, which has built a solid pier for my life." After returning to China, Mao Yisheng successively served as a professor of Tangshan Institute of Technology, a professor and director of engineering at Nanjing Southeast University, the president of Hohai University of Technology, the president and professor of Tianjin Beiyang Institute of Technology, the director of Jiangsu Water Resources Bureau, the general manager and chief engineer of China Bridge Corporation of the Ministry of Communications, and the president of China North Jiaotong University.
Mao Yisheng thinks: There are already some bridges on the Dachuan River in China, but they are all made by foreigners: Jinan Yellow River Bridge is made by Germans, Bengbu Huaihe River Bridge is made by Americans, Harbin Songhua River Bridge is made by Russians (now belonging to Russia), Yunnan Hekou herringbone Bridge is made by French, Shenyang Hunhe Bridge is made by Japanese ... Qiantang River Bridge, which proves that we in China have the ability to build this modern bridge. In this way, Mao Yisheng started the overall design of Qiantang River Bridge.
1933 to 1937, Mao Yisheng was the director of Qiantang river bridge engineering department, and presided over the construction of the first modern bridge with both highway and railway functions in China-"Qiantang river bridge". He solved the technical problems in bridge construction by "water injection method", "caisson method" and "floating method". Since then, Mao Yisheng has traveled all over the country, and his name has remained all over the country with the newly-built bridge. After five years' efforts, Mao Yisheng finally built the modern Qiantang River Bridge.
From 1955 to 1957, Mao Yisheng was the chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, and he accepted the task of building the first Yangtze River Bridge in China. 1September 1955, the bridge was officially started and completed on September 25, 1957, two years ahead of schedule. 19571June15th, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was opened to traffic. This bridge, designed by Mao Yisheng, is a double-deck steel truss bridge for railway and highway. The upper floor is a highway bridge with a width of 22.5 meters, of which the roadway width is 18 meters; The lower floor is a railway bridge with a width of 18m. The length of the main bridge is1155.5m, and the total length is1670.4m together with the highway approach bridges at both ends. The bridge connects Jing-Han Railway and Yue-Han Railway, becoming the traffic artery running through the north and south of China, connecting the three towns of Wuhan into a whole, and ensuring the integration of the north-south railway and highway network in China.
When the Great Hall of the People was built in Beijing from 65438 to 0958, Premier Zhou Enlai pointed out: "Mao Yisheng needs to sign the guarantee." Party and state leaders have great trust in Mao Yisheng, and Mao Yisheng is extremely responsible for the Party's work. He made a comprehensive review and accounting of the structural design of the Great Hall of the People, and finally signed it.
Mao Yisheng studied, built and wrote bridges all his life. Published more than 200 articles in Chinese and foreign newspapers and periodicals. He presided over the compilation of "Technical History of Ancient Bridges in China" and "Bridges in China-From Ancient Times to the Present" (in Japanese, English, French, German and Spanish). He is the author of Qiantang River Bridge, Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, Selected Works of Popular Science in Mao Yisheng (I and II) and Mao Yisheng's Works.
Mao Yisheng was elected from 65438 to 0954 as a member of CPPCC, NPC and the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC). 1987 10, Mao Yisheng gloriously joined the China * * * production party. Mao Yisheng has made outstanding contributions to bridge construction in China and the world. 1989165438+10/2 died.