My 50-year Journey in Science

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Professor Chung's 50-year journey in science starts with the excitement of the first moon landing in 1969 and culminates in her 2023 election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (for her contribution to engineering and technology). The journey includes studying at MIT and Caltech, switching from electrical engineering to materials science, inventing smart concrete (concrete that can sense its own condition), and making paradigm shifts in thermal interface materials (for microelectronic cooling) and electromagnetic interference shielding materials (for protecting electronics). She shares the importance of broad education, the willingness to jump from one's comfort zone (a key to creativity), sustained work, and having a purpose in life. 

Professor Chung of University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, received her PhD degree in Materials Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her BS degree from Caltech (being Caltech’s first female engineering graduate). She is a pioneer and international leader in the field of multifunctional structural materials (best known for her invention of smart concrete) and has authored or coauthored over 600 professional journal papers and 10 books. Chung is Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of ASM International, and Fellow of American Carbon Society. She received the Pettinos Award (an international research award) from the American Carbon Society, and an Honorary Doctorate Degree from University of Alicante, Spain. She will receive the President’s Medal from the UB President during Commencement in 2024. She is ranked by the 2022 Stanford University study to be 13th among 315,721 materials scientists in the world (living and deceased), 10th among those that are living. Her Google Scholar h-index is 112, with 46,503 citations (as viewed on April 2, 2024).