Gareth Hay - the School of Engineering and Design - Brunel University

Gareth Hay
Full name: Gareth Ian Hay Nationality: British
D.O.B.: 23.10.1978 E mail: gareth.hay@brunel.ac.uk
Address:
VC House, Brunel University
Runnymede Campus Telephone: +44 (0) 1784 431366 (home)
Egham, Surrey, TW20 0JZ
+44 (0) 1895 266347 (work)
Holder of a full UK driving licence since 1996.
Education
2001 - 2006 School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University
PhD: “Resistive type strain sensors fabricated using the Offset Conductive
Lithographic Film printing process”
Supervisors: Dr. Peter Evans, Prof. David Harrison & Dr. George Simpson
1997 - 2001 Department of Design, Brunel University
BSc (Hons) 2:1 in Industrial Design. Subjects included: Ergonomic, aesthetic,
graphical, mechanical and systems design; computer programming,
mathematics, mechanics (including finite element analysis and fluid
mechanics), digital and analogue electronics, environmentally sensitive
design, pneumatics, software literacy.
1995 - 1997 Scarborough Sixth Form College
Teaching Experience
A Level:
Design & Technology: A grade
Mathematics: B grade
AS Level:
Design & Technology (Architecture): A grade
Information Technology: B grade
2001 - 2005 Teaching Assistant, Department of Design, Brunel University
Tutoring Level 1 undergraduate students in Computing module, involving the
development of skills in programming protocol and structuring using Pascal
Tutoring Level 1 undergraduate students in Electrical Theory module,
involving assisting students in the understanding of fundamental electronical
theory from Ohm’s Law to Thevenin’s Theorem to AC Voltage control.
Supervising Level 1 and Level 2 undergraduate students during practical
electronic lab sessions.
Tutoring Level 2 undergraduate students in Interfacing module, involving the
interfacing of digital and analogue electronic hardware with, originally, Pascal
written coding (2001 – 2003), later becoming supplanted by Visual Basic
(2003–2004). VB has now been replaced with PIC hardware and software
(2004 – 2005).
Pneumatic Lab supervisor for Level 3 undergraduate students (2001–2002).

Tutoring Level 3 undergraduate students in Mechatronics module, involving
the integration of mechanical designed systems with electronic hardware
supported by PIC technology and programming language.
Employment
2001 - present Cleaner Electronics Research Group, Brunel University
Member of a team involved in various research consultancy projects.
Requires liasing with other professionals in the area of printable electronics.
Named as co-author on two granted IeMRC research grants.
Currently working as a Research Fellow investigating the fabrication of voltaic
cells via offset lithographic printing technologies.
2000 - 2001 Founding member of web design consultancy offering internet solutions to
small and medium sized companies in the West Midlands and Oxfordshire.
1998 - 1999 Factory Engineer, Bright Steels Ltd.
Position involved general maintenance of industrial steel manufacturing
machinery. Identifying potential problems and developing solutions, repairing
machines after mechanical, electrical or pneumatic failure.
Professional Skills
Research Skills Ability to analyse problems and derive solutions in order to attain suitable
results. Ability to grasp new concepts and apply them to required applications.
Capability to manage time and meet competitive deadlines. Technical
document writing skills.
Communication
Skills
Computer Skills
Lecturing at conferences and presentations during meetings. Lecturing and
tutoring undergraduate students. Liasing with companies with regards to
research activities and collaboration.
Good computer competence with Macintosh, Linux and Windows platforms. In
depth experience with software packages ranging from graphical applications
through to data collection and analysis applications. Software compilations
skills in Pascal, Visual Basic, HTML, C and PIC coding.
Referees
Professor David Harrison
Brunel University
School of Engineering and Design
Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH
Tel: 01895 274000
E mail: David.Harrison@brunel.ac.uk
Dr. Peter Evans
Brunel University
School of Engineering and Design
Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH
Tel: 01895 274000
E mail: Peter.Evans@brunel.ac.uk

Publications and Conferences
Conferences
17 th – 19 th April 2002 PREP 2002, Nottingham University, Nottingham
“Strain Gauges by Conductive Lithographic Film Printing”
G. Hay, P. Evans, D. Harrison, G. Simpson
15 th – 18 th September 2002 Euro Sensors XVI, Czech Technical University, Prague
“Capacitive Type Humidity Sensors Manufactured using Offset Lithography”
P. Harrey, G. Hay, D. Harrison
14 th February 2003 How to Save the Planet”, Royal Institution, London
“Electronics Fabricated via Conductive Offset Lithography”
G. Hay, P. Evans, D. Harrison, B. Ramsey
22 nd – 24 th October 2003 IEEE Sensors 2003, Sheraton Centre, Toronto
“Conductive Lithographic Film Fabricated Resistive Strain Gauges”
G. Hay, P. Evans, D. Harrison, D. Southee, G. Simpson, P. Harrey
20 th – 21 st January 2004 PIRA International, Latest Technology and Applications for Printed Electronics –
Impact on Printing and Packaging, Leatherhead
“Printed Sensors for Packaging”
P. Evans, D. Southee, G. Hay, S. Duby, B. Ramsey, D. Harrison
1 st – 2 nd July 2004 PIRA International, Diagnostic Packaging Impact Forum, Leatherhead
“Reducing the Cost of Diagnostic Packaging with Offset Lithography”
D. Southee, G. Hay, P. Evans
25 th – 27 th October 2004 IEEE Sensors 2004, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna
“Printed Thermocouple Devices”
S. Duby, B. Ramsey, D. Harrison, G. Hay
15 th November 2005 Print Forum Wales: Industrial briefing. “Innovations in paper”. Swansea
“SMT Component Bonding in Conductive Lithographic Film Circuits”
P. S. A. Evans, D. Southee, G. I. Hay, B. J. Ramsey, P. M. Harrey and D. J. Harrison
27 th April 2006 IeMRC “1st Annual Community Meeting” (2006). Holywell Park, Loughborough.
“Lithographically Printed Voltaic Cells”
D. Southee, G. Hay, P. Evans, D. Harrison.
24 th May 2006 UKDL Network, “Batteries: A New Dimension” (2006). Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes.
“Lithographically Printed Voltaic Cells”
D. Southee, G. Hay, P. Evans, D. Harrison.
4 th – 9 th June 2006 Society for Information Display Conference (SID 2006), San Francisco, USA.
“Low-cost Flexible Electroluminescent Displays with a Novel Architecture Printed via
Offset Lithography”
Evans P. S. A, Southee D. J., Hay G. I., Harrison D. J., Breen K. F. B., Withnall R.,
Silver J., Fern G. R., Marsh P. J. and Ireland T. J.
20 th June 2006 IntertechPira 2nd Annual Conference on Printed RFID, (2006). London.
Half day post-conference workshop,
"Printed RFID Printed Power Sources Workshop".
D. Southee, G. Hay, P. Evans.
5 th – 7 th September 2006 ESTC 2006, Dresden, Germany
“Development and Characterisation of Lithographically Printed Voltaic Cells”
D. Southee, G. I. Hay, P. S. A. Evans and D. J. Harrison
18 th – 22 nd September 2006 2006 Conference on the Science and Technology of Emissive Displays and Lighting.
Jeju, Korea
“Fabrication of Miniaturised Electrode Circuitry by Conductive Lithographic Film
Printing For Novel Electroluminescent Displays”
Evans P. S. A, Southee D. J., Hay G. I., Harrison D. J., Breen K. F. B., Withnall R.,
Silver J., Fern G. R., Marsh P. J. and Ireland T. J.

October 2006 Institute of Circuit Technology “Annual Symposium on Printed Electronics” (2006).
National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Teddington.
“Lithographically Printed Voltaic Cells”.
D. Harrison, D. Southee, G. Hay.
30 th -31 st January 2007 Rapra Polymers in Electronics 2007, Munich, Germany
“Printed interconnects and batteries”
D. Southee, G. Hay, P. Evans and D. Harrison.
Journal Papers / Publications
October 2003
"Conductive lithographic film fabricated resistive strain gauges"
Hay, G.I., Evans, P.S.A., Harrison, D.J., Southee, D., Simpson, G., Harrey, P.M.
Sensors, 2003. Proceedings of IEEE
Publication Date: 22-24 Oct. 2003
Vol. 1, pp. 248- 252. ISBN: 0-7803-8133-5
October 2004
October 2005
October 2006
March 2007
"Printed thermocouple devices"
Duby, S., Ramsey, B., Harrison, D., Hay, G.
Sensors, 2004. Proceedings of IEEE
Publication Date: 24-27 Oct. 2004
Vol. 3, pp 1098- 1101. ISBN: 0-7803-8692-2
“Characterisation of Lithographically-Printed Resistive Strain Gauges”
G. Hay, P. Evans, D. Harrison, D. Southee, G. Simpson, P. Harrey
IEEE Sensors Journal, 00706-2—4.R1, Vol. 5, October 2005
“Examination of Silver-Graphite Lithographically printed resistive strain sensors”.
G. Hay, D. Southee, P. Evans, D. Harrison, G. Simpson, B. Ramsey
Elsevier Sensors and Actuators (A). 135 (2007) 534-546
“Lithographically Printed Voltaic Cells – A Feasibility Study”
D. Southee, G. Hay, P. Evans and D. Harrison.
Emerald Circuit World, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2007, 31 – 35.
Review Papers
27 th May 2004 “Brunel’s latest sensors test with tamper-evident packaging”
G. Hay
Printed and disposable electronics news
Patent Applications
24 th August 2004 “Printed humidity monitoring system using capacitance type sensors”
D. Southee, G. Hay, D. Harrison, P. Harrey, P. Evans
May 2007
“Lithographically Printed Voltaic Cells”
UK Patent Application No. 0610237.0 - PCT Application
(Williams Powell legal reference no. N18679)
D. Southee, G. Hay, P. Evans, D. Harrison