Deborah D.L. Chung, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award from Caltech.

Infinite Collaborative, an MIT podcast on faith and discovery, interviewed Deborah Chung about her research and career.

The two professors double the number of female faculty who have held the distinction in SEAS history. 

Deborah Chung and Venu Govindaraju will receive the UB President’s Medal, recognizing extraordinary service to the university.

The book shares the journeys of prominent researchers who overcame various challenges to achieve scientific notoriety.

Chemistry World quoted Deborah Chung in a report on how U.S. researchers have demonstrated that incorporating nanoparticles of carbon black into wet cement can turn it into a supercapacitor electrode after the cement cures.

Deborah Chung is an expert on composite materials, like those used to build the ill-fated Titan.