Dr. Carol L. Kory is a research engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field in Cleveland, Ohio. Her research interests include computational modeling and design of vacuum devices and high-data-rate communications.

Dr. Kory earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Dayton in 1992. She earned her master’s degree in electrical engineering and doctoral degree in engineering from Cleveland State University in 1997 and 2000, respectively. Her doctoral dissertation involved the analysis and computational modeling of three-dimensional (3–D) helical traveling wave tube (TWT) interaction using a 3–D particle-in-cell code.

Dr. Kory is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Electron Devices Society Technical Committee on Vacuum Devices and was a strong participant in establishing the first International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC). She served as publicity chair, entertainment chair, and technical program chair for IVEC 2000, 2002, and 2004, respectively, and continues to actively support the annual conference. She is a senior member of the IEEE and member of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu.

Dr. Kory worked as an intern student with NASA Glenn during 1991 and 1992. Her work involved analyzing TWT slow-wave circuits. Upon graduation from the University of Dayton, she became a full-time employee of the Analex Corporation, working with the same staff at NASA Glenn.