Yih-Hsing Pao

Yih-Hsing Pao (; 19 January 1930 – 18 June 2013) was a Chinese-born American mechanical engineer.

Early life, education, and career in the United States Pao was born in Nanjing on 19 January 1930. His education and early life were impacted by the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. Pao attended National Chiao Tung University, then based in Shanghai, for two years. He received a scholarship from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to pursue graduate study in mechanics, and his father borrowed money to pay for Pao's airfare of US$600. Pao joined the Cornell University faculty in 1958. In 1985, he was appointed to the J. C. Ford Professorship,

Career in China and Taiwan At the invitation of Li Kwoh-ting in 1983, Pao returned to Taiwan to serve as founding leader of the Institute of Applied Mechanics at National Taiwan University. and an equivalent honor from Taiwan's Academia Sinica in 1986. In 2001, Pao won for Applied Sciences.

Personal life Pao was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa in 1980. The condition caused him to become blind.

Pao was married to Amelia, with whom he raised three children, Winston, May, and Sophie. He died on 18 June 2013.