Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering

Dr. Harriet Kung

Materials Sciences and Engineering Division
Office of Basic Energy Sciences
SC-22.2/Germantown Building, Rm F-411
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20585-1290

E-Mail: Harriet.Kung@science.doe.gov
Phone: (301) 903-1330
Fax: (301) 903-9513

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Education

M.S.  in Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, 1987

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, 1991

Experience

Dr. Harriet Kung has served as the Director of Materials Sciences and Engineering Division in the Office of  Basic Energy Sciences since June 2004.  Before joining DOE in 2002, Dr. Kung was a technical staff member and a project leader in the Materials Science and Technology Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). She was awarded the DOE Distinguished Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in 1992.  She previously held a research fellow position at the University of Michigan. Her main research interests focus on developing novel engineering materials through understanding their mechanical and physical behavior. Dr. Kung has also conducted research in high temperature superconductivity in the Superconductivity Technology Center at LANL. She has published approximately 100 refereed papers, given over 50 invited technical presentations and involved in organizing eight international symposia/workshops. She was a guest editor for the journal of Phil Mag A and also served as a guest editor for an MRS Bulletin issue on “Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Materials.”