- Room 108, 2-5 Kirkby Place, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
- +44 1752 586866
- H.Shute@plymouth.ac.uk

Profiles
Dr Hazel Shute
Lecturer
Qualifications
BSc: Mathematical Studies, University of Plymouth
PhD: Mathematical Analysis of Novel Magnetic Recording Heads, University of Plymouth
Teaching interests
Currently I teach
MAST3401 to third year Mathematics and Statistics students
Research interests
GCSE mathematical drawing assistance for disabled students.
Head fields and replay characteristics in magnetic recording.
Magnetic fields for special geometries.
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
S J C Brown, PhD, 2003.
R Cornellius, PhD, 2005.
P J Jermey, PhD, 2008.
Research groups
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Industrial and Engineering Mathematics
- Wolfson Nanomaterials and Devices Laboratory
Recent and selected publications:
H. A. Shute, Analytic 3D read head model with finite shields,
IEEE Trans Magn., vol. 45, 3003-3011, July, 2009.
H. A. Shute, D. T. Wilton, D. McA. McKirdy, P. M. Jermey and J. C. Mallinson, Analytic three-dimensional response function of a double-shielded magnetoresistive / giant magnetoresistive perpendicular head,
IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 611-1619, May, 2006.
H. A. Shute, D. T. Wilton, D. McA. McKirdy and D. J. Mapps,
Analysis of two-dimensional shielded pole heads using singular expansion functions,
IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 40, no. 5, 3402-3406, Sept. 2004.
D. T. Wilton, D. McA. McKirdy, H. A. Shute, J. J. Miles and D. J. Mapps
Approximate 3-D head fields for perpendicular magnetic recording
Poster at NAPMRC 2003, Monterey, Jan. 2003.
IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 40, pp. 148-156, Jan. 2004.
H. A. Shute and J. C. Mallinson,
The magnetostatic energy of structures with rotating vector magnetizations,
IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 2146-2148, Sept. 2003.
H. A. Shute, D. T. Wilton, D. McA. McKirdy and D. J. Mapps,
Improved approximations for 2-D perpendicular recording heads,
Poster at NAPMRC 2003, Monterey, Jan. 2003.
IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 39, pp. 2098-2102, July 2003.
H. A. Shute, J.J. Miles, D. T. Wilton and D. J. Mapps,
Optimization of heads for perpendicular recording,
IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 38, pp. 2207-2209, Sept. 2002.
Poster at Intermag, Amsterdam, April, 2002.
H. A. Shute, D. T. Wilton and D. J. Mapps
Analytic fields and response functions for planar heads
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 81, no. 1-3, pp; 381-384, 2000.
Poster presentation at EMSA 98, Sheffield, UK.
H. A. Shute, J.C. Mallinson, D. T. Wilton and D. J. Mapps
One-sided fluxes in planar, cylindrical and spherical magnetized structures,
IEEE Trans. Magn, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 440-451, Mar. 1999 and
IEEE Trans. Magn, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 4050, Nov. 2000.
H. A. Shute, D. T. Wilton and D. J. Mapps
An analytic study of the effects of shielded recession on the replay characteristics of an idealized MR sensor.
IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 2543-2551, July 1997.
H. A. Shute, D. T. Wilton and D. J. Mapps
A theoretical analysis of shielded magnetoresistive heads by conformal mapping.
IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 809-819, Jan. 1997.
H. A. Shute, D. T. Wilton and D. J. Mapps
Analytic spectral response functions for two-dimensional models of perpendicular recording heads.
IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 3323-3333, July. 1996.