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Overview
Dr Hayley Wyatt is a Lecturer across the Medical and Mechanical undergraduate degree schemes at Cardiff University, with teaching duties focusing on finite element modelling and teaching design based group projects. Hayley has been teaching at Cardiff University since 2017. She is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the IMechE. Her primary area of research is within the field of soft tissue mechanics and finite element modelling, including material characterisation using optical measurement techniques and application of soft tissue mechanics in medical device design.
Recently Hayley has been part of a large collaborative project working to design a novel microneedle array. This project has involved working with industrial and academic partners within the UK and internationally. The project has provided an excellent opportunity to use her knowledge of skin behaviour and finite element analysis to help inform the design of the microneedle array.
Before becoming a Lecturer, Hayley worked across a number of different research projects, including being a project office at ASTUTE where she worked on an industrially focused project investigating the use of surface textures in hip implants. Hayley then became a research associate on an EPSRC funded project at the School of Mathematics investigating the behaviour of soft cellular structures.
Publication
2023
- Potts, M. R., Evans, S. L., Pullin, R., Coulman, S. A., Birchall, J. C. and Wyatt, H. 2023. An analysis of the relationship between microneedle spacing, needle force and skin strain during the indentation phase prior to skin penetration. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 26(14), pp. 1719-1731. (10.1080/10255842.2022.2136486)
2019
- Fitt, D., Wyatt, H., Woolley, T. and Mihai, L. A. 2019. Uncertainty quantification of elastic material responses: testing, stochastic calibration and Bayesian model selection. Mechanics of Soft Materials 1, article number: 13. (10.1007/s42558-019-0013-1)
- Wyatt, H., Safar, A., Clarke, A., Evans, S. and Mihai, L. A. 2019. Nonlinear scaling effects in the stiffness of soft cellular structures. Royal Society Open Science 6(1), article number: 181361.
2018
- Mihai, L. A., Safar, A. and Wyatt, H. L. 2018. Debonding of cellular structures with fibre-reinforced cell walls under shear deformation. Journal of Engineering Mathematics 109(1), pp. 3-19. (10.1007/s10665-016-9894-2)
2017
- Mihai, L. A., Wyatt, H. and Goriely, A. 2017. A microstructure-based hyperelastic model for open-cell solids. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 77(4), pp. 1397-1416. (10.1137/16M1098899)
- Safar, A., Wyatt, H. L. and Mihai, L. A. 2017. Debonding of cellular structures under shear deformation. Presented at: 25th Conference of the UK Association for Computational Mechanics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, 11-13 April 2017.
- Mihai, L. A., Wyatt, H. L. and Goriely, A. 2017. Microstructure-based hyperelastic models for closed-cell solids. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 473(2200), article number: 20170036. (10.1098/rspa.2017.0036)
- Mihai, L. A., Alayyash, K. and Wyatt, H. L. 2017. The optimal density of cellular solids in axial tension. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 20(7), pp. 701-713. (10.1080/10255842.2017.1292352)
- Wyatt, H. L., Clarke, A., Evans, S. L. and Mihai, L. A. 2017. Optical strain measurement techniques for soft cellular structures. Presented at: BSSM 12th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Sheffield, UK, 29 - 31 August 2017.
2016
- Wyatt, H., Clarke, A. and Moriarty, C. 2016. Friction and wear behaviour of ceramic materials under unidirectional sliding with saline lubrication. Presented at: 43rd Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology "Tribology - The Jost Report - 50 Years on", University of Leeds, UK, 5-9 September 2016.
- Wyatt, H., Elliott, M., Revill, P. and Clarke, A. 2016. The effect of engineered surface topography on the tribology of CFR-PEEK for novel hip implant materials. Biotribology 7, pp. 22-30. (10.1016/j.biotri.2016.08.001)
- Wyatt, H. L., Pullin, R., Yang, T. H. J. and Evans, S. L. 2016. Deformation during the electrosurgical vessel sealing process. Strain 52, pp. 372-379. (10.1111/str.12197)
- Wyatt, H. L., Alayyash, K., Evans, S. L. and Mihai, L. A. 2016. Computer modelling of cellular structures under uniaxial loading. Presented at: 24th Conference of the UK Association on Computational Mechanics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 31 March - 1 April 2016. Cardiff: pp. 184-187.
- Wyatt, H. L., Richards, R., Pullin, R., Yang, T. H. J., Blain, E. J. and Evans, S. 2016. Variation in electrosurgical vessel seal quality along the length of a porcine carotid artery. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 230(3), pp. 169-174. (10.1177/0954411915621092)
- Wyatt, H. L., Alayyash, K. and Mihai, L. A. 2016. Optimising material density of cellular bodies in high elastic deformations. Presented at: 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Montreal, Canada, 21-25 August 2016.
2014
- Wyatt, H. L. 2014. Electrosurgical vessel sealing. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2011
- Wyatt, H. L., Richards, R., Evans, S. L., Pullin, R., Blain, E. J. and Yang, T. 2011. Relationship of tissue composition on arterial tissue adhesion strength. Presented at: 24th European Conference on Biomaterials ESB2011, Dublin, Ireland, 4-9 September 2011.
Articles
- Potts, M. R., Evans, S. L., Pullin, R., Coulman, S. A., Birchall, J. C. and Wyatt, H. 2023. An analysis of the relationship between microneedle spacing, needle force and skin strain during the indentation phase prior to skin penetration. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 26(14), pp. 1719-1731. (10.1080/10255842.2022.2136486)
- Fitt, D., Wyatt, H., Woolley, T. and Mihai, L. A. 2019. Uncertainty quantification of elastic material responses: testing, stochastic calibration and Bayesian model selection. Mechanics of Soft Materials 1, article number: 13. (10.1007/s42558-019-0013-1)
- Wyatt, H., Safar, A., Clarke, A., Evans, S. and Mihai, L. A. 2019. Nonlinear scaling effects in the stiffness of soft cellular structures. Royal Society Open Science 6(1), article number: 181361.
- Mihai, L. A., Safar, A. and Wyatt, H. L. 2018. Debonding of cellular structures with fibre-reinforced cell walls under shear deformation. Journal of Engineering Mathematics 109(1), pp. 3-19. (10.1007/s10665-016-9894-2)
- Mihai, L. A., Wyatt, H. and Goriely, A. 2017. A microstructure-based hyperelastic model for open-cell solids. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 77(4), pp. 1397-1416. (10.1137/16M1098899)
- Mihai, L. A., Wyatt, H. L. and Goriely, A. 2017. Microstructure-based hyperelastic models for closed-cell solids. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 473(2200), article number: 20170036. (10.1098/rspa.2017.0036)
- Mihai, L. A., Alayyash, K. and Wyatt, H. L. 2017. The optimal density of cellular solids in axial tension. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 20(7), pp. 701-713. (10.1080/10255842.2017.1292352)
- Wyatt, H., Elliott, M., Revill, P. and Clarke, A. 2016. The effect of engineered surface topography on the tribology of CFR-PEEK for novel hip implant materials. Biotribology 7, pp. 22-30. (10.1016/j.biotri.2016.08.001)
- Wyatt, H. L., Pullin, R., Yang, T. H. J. and Evans, S. L. 2016. Deformation during the electrosurgical vessel sealing process. Strain 52, pp. 372-379. (10.1111/str.12197)
- Wyatt, H. L., Richards, R., Pullin, R., Yang, T. H. J., Blain, E. J. and Evans, S. 2016. Variation in electrosurgical vessel seal quality along the length of a porcine carotid artery. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 230(3), pp. 169-174. (10.1177/0954411915621092)
Conferences
- Safar, A., Wyatt, H. L. and Mihai, L. A. 2017. Debonding of cellular structures under shear deformation. Presented at: 25th Conference of the UK Association for Computational Mechanics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, 11-13 April 2017.
- Wyatt, H. L., Clarke, A., Evans, S. L. and Mihai, L. A. 2017. Optical strain measurement techniques for soft cellular structures. Presented at: BSSM 12th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Sheffield, UK, 29 - 31 August 2017.
- Wyatt, H., Clarke, A. and Moriarty, C. 2016. Friction and wear behaviour of ceramic materials under unidirectional sliding with saline lubrication. Presented at: 43rd Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology "Tribology - The Jost Report - 50 Years on", University of Leeds, UK, 5-9 September 2016.
- Wyatt, H. L., Alayyash, K., Evans, S. L. and Mihai, L. A. 2016. Computer modelling of cellular structures under uniaxial loading. Presented at: 24th Conference of the UK Association on Computational Mechanics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 31 March - 1 April 2016. Cardiff: pp. 184-187.
- Wyatt, H. L., Alayyash, K. and Mihai, L. A. 2016. Optimising material density of cellular bodies in high elastic deformations. Presented at: 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Montreal, Canada, 21-25 August 2016.
- Wyatt, H. L., Richards, R., Evans, S. L., Pullin, R., Blain, E. J. and Yang, T. 2011. Relationship of tissue composition on arterial tissue adhesion strength. Presented at: 24th European Conference on Biomaterials ESB2011, Dublin, Ireland, 4-9 September 2011.
Thesis
- Wyatt, H. L. 2014. Electrosurgical vessel sealing. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
Research Interests:
- Soft tissue biomechanics
- Finite element modelling
- Optical strain measurement techniques
- Medical device design
Current Projects:
- 2021 - ongoing - Development of a modelling framework for In-Vivo Knee Joint Contact Analysis
- 2020 - ongoing - FEA modelling of microneedle insertion into skin
- 2017 - ongoing - Embeddable sustained release microneedles for contraceptive delivery
Previous Projects:
- 2019 - Stochastic modelling approaches for soft materisl (in collaboration with the School of Mathematics)
- 2017 - Design of a bioreactor (in collaboration with the School of Bioscience) (NC3R's funded project)
- 2017 - Investigation into the mechanical behaviour of soft cellular structures (in collaboration with the School of Mathematics)
- 2016 -2017 Co-applicant on a Welcome Trust Grant Cross Disciplinary Grant, Title ‘Enhancing wear properties of CFR-PEEK and UHMWPE acetabular cup using a novel lipid bilayer surface functionalization’, Cost £23,067
- 2014-2015 - Investigating surface texturing for reducing wear within hip implants
Teaching
EN1048 - Design activity
EN2602/EN2604 - Finite element modelling to mechanical and medical engineering students, and leader for the medical engineering desigin tasks across both semesters.
EN2024 - Mechanical Engineering Labs, responsible for the delivery of the control lab
EN3100 - Undergraduate project supervision
Additionally MSc Project Supervision on the Advanced Mechanical programme.
Biography
Education and qualifications
- 2014: PhD (Electrosurgical Vessel Sealing Devices, School of Engineering) Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- 2010: MEng Medical Engineering, Cardiff University
Professional Membership and Committees
- Chartered Engineer (Engineering Council UK)
- Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
- Member of Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
- Former member of the organising committee for Cardiff Soapbox Science Event
Honours and Awards
- 2019 - Worshipful Livery Company of Wales Gold Award Winner
- 2019 - Worshipful Livery Company of Wales Travel Award Winner
- 2016 - IBBM Fellowship to attend the 'Image Based Biomedical Monitoring Summer School hosted by the University of Utah
Contact Details
WyattHL@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29208 75540
Queen's Buildings - South Building, Room E/3.11, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
+44 29208 75540
Queen's Buildings - South Building, Room E/3.11, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA