Jianyou Cao

Who is Jianyou Cao?

Jianyou Cao is one of the earliest contributors to Chinese railway electrification, a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an expert in electric power system.

Jianyou Cao was born in Changsha, Hunan Province. He was admitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering of Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1936. After graduation in 1940, he joined the School of Engineering of Southwest Associated University 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 in 1950 with his graduation paper Betatron characteristics of the MIT Synchrotron. He joined City College of 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, 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.