Kim Pickering

Kim Louise Pickering is a New Zealand composite materials engineer. She is currently a full professor at the University of Waikato.^[1]

Kim Louise Pickering
Alma mater	Imperial College London
Awards	Scott Medal
Scientific career
Fields	Composite material
Institutions	University of Waikato

Academic career

After a BSc(ENG) at Imperial College London, three years at Plessey Research Caswell and a PhD at the University of Surrey, Pickering started working at the University of Waikato in 1994 and rose to full professor in 2014.^[2]

Much of Pickering's research involves 3D printing^[3] of "recyclable, biodegradable and bio-derived composite materials"^[4][5] and she has been a major proponent of recycling.^[6]

In 2017 she won the RJ Scott Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand.^[7][8] Also in 2017, Pickering was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.^[9]

Selected works

• Pickering, K.L.; Efendy, M.G. Aruan; Le, T.M. (2016). "A review of recent developments in natural fibre composites and their mechanical performance". Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. 83: 98–112. doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2015.08.038. hdl:10289/9787.
• Pickering, K.L.; Beckermann, G.W.; Alam, S.N.; Foreman, N.J. (2007). "Optimising industrial hemp fibre for composites". Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. 38 (2): 461–468. doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.02.020. hdl:10289/9805.
• Beckermann, G.W.; Pickering, K.L. (2008). "Engineering and evaluation of hemp fibre reinforced polypropylene composites: Fibre treatment and matrix modification". Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. 39 (6): 979–988. doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2008.03.010.
• Pickering, Kim L. (2008). Properties and performance of natural-fibre composites. doi:10.1533/9781845694593. ISBN 978-1-84569-267-4.
• Pickering, K.L.; Abdalla, A.; Ji, C.; McDonald, A.G.; Franich, R.A. (2003). "The effect of silane coupling agents on radiata pine fibre for use in thermoplastic matrix composites". Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. 34 (10): 915–926. doi:10.1016/S1359-835X(03)00234-3. hdl:10289/9806.