Cao Chusheng, male, Han nationality, was born in 1926. He graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University and is professor of hydraulic engineering at Tianjin University. He is academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Cao's specialty is reinforced concrete and design and he has designed numerous dams and water conservancy projects. He edited the water conservancy section of Encyclopedia Sinica and compiled the chapter on dam engineering in "Chinese Water Conservancy."