Background
Pao, Yih-Hsing was born on January 19, 1930 in Nanking, China. Son of Te-Cheng and Tsin-Han (Hsiao) Pao.
Pao, Yih-Hsing was born on January 19, 1930 in Nanking, China. Son of Te-Cheng and Tsin-Han (Hsiao) Pao.
Bachelor of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1952. Master of Science in Mechanics, Rensselaer Polytech. Institute, New York, 1955.
Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mechanics, Columbia University, New York City, 1959.
Assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1958-1962; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1962-1968; professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1968-1984; department chairman theoretical and applied mechanics, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, 1974-1980; Joseph C. Ford professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1984. Director Institute Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan U., 1984-1986, 89-94, professor, since 1984.
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Academy Mechanics. Member United States National Academy of Engineering, Academia Sinica, Republic of China.
Married Amelia K.T. Shih, September 7, 1957. Children: Winston, May, Sophia.