Elizabeth Killick

Elizabeth "Betty" Audrey Killick (10 September 1924 – 7 July 2019) was a British naval electronics engineer who worked on radar and weapons systems for the Ministry of Defence. In 1982, she became the first woman to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Early life Killick was born in Brixton Hill, London, to Winifred (née Baines) and George Killick.

She joined the Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment (AUWE) in 1969, After leaving the AUWE, Killick joined the General Electric Company, who were building the torpedoes developed by Killick. She did not get on well with Arnold Weinstock and left the organisation.

Personal life Killick lived in Stoughton, West Sussex. Her recreational interests included sailing, skiing, beer drinking and local history. Killick was described as "a brilliant, if somewhat volatile, engineer who was both terrifying and inspiring to her colleagues" but who was at the same time "a formidable authority" with a strong sense of humour. She died at Stoughton of a heart attack on 7 July 2019.

Publications

A temperature independent frequency scanning antenna. Croney J., Killick E.A., Foster D. 1st European Microwave Conference. Date of Conference: 8-12 Sept. 1969. A cylindrical array for electronic scanning, Small, B.I.; Killick, E.A.; Croney, J.: in Proc.1st European Microwave Conference, 1969, 133–136. The Design of Waveguide Arrays Providing Sum and Difference Beams and Suitable for Scanning in One Plane. EA Killick, H Salt, NE Porter. 1st European Microwave Conference, 1969 Radiation of Dual Polarisation from Linear Arrays. EA Killick, KA Zoledziowski. 1st European Microwave Conference, 1969 A Ferrite Controlled Phase Scanning Microwave Antenna. EA Killick, GJ Colley, WD Delany, 1st European Microwave Conference 1969 Scanning and active antennas. EA Killick - 1969 1st European Microwave Conference, 1969 The Design and Production of Latched Ferrite Phase Shifters for Electronic Scanning and for High Power. EA Killick, GJ Colley, JA Eddles. 1st European Microwave Conference 1969 Electronically Scanned Antenna Systems: Pt2. A.E. Killick, D.E.N.Davies. AGARDograph 100, 417–431, 1966. An Electronically Steered Radar Aerial. By G. T. Colley, J. A. Eddies, B. R . Gladman and A. E. Killick. JRNSS Vol 22, No 2 1967