Background
Yang, Jiachi was born on July 16, 1919 in Wujian, Jiangsu, China. Son of Wucheng and Weisheng (Shen) Yang.
Yang, Jiachi was born on July 16, 1919 in Wujian, Jiangsu, China. Son of Wucheng and Weisheng (Shen) Yang.
Bachelor of Science, Jiao-Tung U., 1941; Master of Science, Harvard University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1949.
Research associate, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1950-1954; senior engineer, Rockefeller Institute, New York City, 1954-1956; professor, Institute Automation, Beijing, 1956-1968; professor, Chinese Academy Space Technology, Beijing, 1956-1968; professor, Chinese Academy Space Technology, Beijing, since 1968; vice president, Chinese Academy Space Technology, Beijing, 1981-1985. Director Beijing Institute Control Engineering, 1968-1981.
Republican National Peoples Congress, China, 1965-1978. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman Beijing section 1988-1989, senior), Chinese Academy Sciences, Chinese Association Automation (president since 1989), China Instrument Society (vice president since 1985), International Academy Astronautics.
Married Fei Hsu, November 10, 1951. Children: Xi Yang Wang, Rui.