She has received the Moran Medal of the Order of Civil Merit, as well as other honors and awards for her scientific research and work to promote professionalism for women in STEM fields.
She served as the organization's third and fourth president (2000–2004), following the two terms of Se-hwa Oh [Wikidata] (Korean: 오세화), a professor at the Kyung Hee University and fellow researcher at the Standards Institute.
[4] During her years as president of the association, Chung pressed for legislation to encourage the participation of women in Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.
In 2002, the Act on Fostering and Supporting Women Scientists and Engineers passed the legislature and at the end of the year, she was awarded the Science and Technology Grand Prize by the National Assembly for her work to create the law.
[4] In 2000, Chung was honored with the Moran Medal of the Order of Civil Merit and received the Scientific Engineer of the Month award in October 2004 for developing evaluation technology for vacuum characteristics.