scientific publications reported by CiênciaVitae
University of Porto · CEFT / ALiCE
Making complex fluids useful.
Rheology, microfluidics and advanced manufacturing translated into better materials, better processes and measurable engineering performance.
Assistant Professor · FEUP
President · Portuguese Society of Rheology
Research × Industry × Technology transfer
EXTENSION
SHEAR
FIELDS
international conference communications
funding attracted as principal researcher
international patent applications / granted patents
01 / RESEARCH
Understand the flow.
Understand the flow.
Change the outcome.
The same principle runs through the work: reproduce the real deformation history, measure the material response, then use that knowledge to redesign the process or product.
01
CORE DISCIPLINE
Rheology & complex fluids
Non-Newtonian, viscoelastic, shear-thickening and field-responsive materials studied under the conditions that actually determine performance.
02
SMALL SCALE / BIG INFORMATIONMicrofluidics
Microdevices for extensional rheometry, porous-media analogues, haemodynamics and new ways of measuring complex-fluid behaviour.
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PROCESS ENGINEERINGAdditive manufacturing
Rheology-informed extrusion, nozzle optimisation, pressure monitoring and printable material formulation.
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ON-DEMAND RESPONSEElectric & magnetic fields
Electro- and magnetorheology, functional inks, smart fluids and bespoke experimental methods.
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ENERGY DISSIPATIONImpact & vibration
Cork, shear-thickening fluids and fluidic architectures for protection, damping and lightweight structural performance.
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02 / IMPACT
Not science in a drawer.
Public research records show prototypes, patents, industrial contracts and a university spin-off alongside fundamental work.
lower pressure drop in an optimised printing-nozzle design
Numerical optimisation and experimental validation connect flow physics directly to extrusion performance.
Read the study ↗thinner helmet liner in a cork / shear-thickening-fluid concept
A materials formulation translated into a lighter impact-protection architecture.
Read the study ↗prototypes reported in the institutional profile
Experimental rigs, field-responsive rheometry and energy-dissipation concepts built beyond publication.
Discuss an application ↗INDUSTRY / TRANSFER
Research that can leave the lab.
Public records show industrial research, co-authored work, services and technology-transfer links alongside academic research.
UltimakerHovionemBrainTrainAntson FarmsGraphenestRheinforce
03 / PROJECTS
Selected projects.
Current and selected projects from the public FEUP, CEFT and CiênciaVitae research record.
EHDViscoElastic
Electrohydrodynamics of viscoelastic fluids: studying how electrical forcing, material structure and flow interact in advanced processing and printing.
FCT · CEECIND · public CiênciaVitae recordPROMisH
Potential of Rheologically-Optimized Magnetic Emulsions in Hemotherapy — an ongoing FEUP project connecting magnetic materials, rheology and biomedical application.
COMPETE 2030 / FEDER · FEUPUltimaker · printing-nozzle optimisation
Experimental and numerical optimisation of FDM printing nozzles, linking viscoelastic flow physics to extrusion efficiency and pressure control.
Ultimaker B.V. · CEFT funded-project record04 / PUBLICATIONSRecent research,
Recent research,
without the CV dump.
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2026 / NOW
JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY · 2026The research is current.
Two 2026 publications already span microfluidic rheometry and field-responsive soft materials.
Pressure shifts in pulsatile shear
A microfluidic route to probing the normal-stress response of complex fluids.
Open paper ↗ GELS · 2026Electric-field modulation of liquid-crystal physical gels
Structure and rheology tuned under an applied electric field.
Open paper ↗05 / PROFILEAcademic depth.
Academic depth.
Engineering instinct.
Francisco J. Galindo-Rosales is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and an integrated researcher at CEFT.
His trajectory began in rheology and colloids, continued through postdoctoral work at KU Leuven, and since 2010 has expanded at the University of Porto into microfluidics, extensional flow, field-responsive materials, additive manufacturing and energy-dissipating composites.
His current CiênciaVitae record reports more than 70 scientific publications. CEFT reports 100 international conference communications, around €1.3M attracted as principal researcher, six prototypes and nine international patent applications, two granted. Since 2023, he has served as President of the Portuguese Society of Rheology.
2026FEUP Scientific Recognition
2023→President · Portuguese Society of Rheology
2018→Co-founder · Rheinforce
COLLABORATE
Got a difficult flow problem?
Research collaboration · industrial R&D · rheological characterisation · additive manufacturing · advanced materials.
galindo@fe.up.pt ↗curro@galindorosales.comFaculty of Engineering · University of Porto
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias · 4200-465 Porto · Portugal
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias · 4200-465 Porto · Portugal