Dr Francesco Del Giudice

Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering

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About

Dr. Francesco Del Giudice, PhD, CEng CSci MIChemE, MInstP, FHEA is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Swansea University (SU). Francesco is also a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered Scientist, and he is the head of the Rheological Microfluidic lab, part of the Complex Fluids Research Groups, at SU.

Francesco completed his education, BEng to PhD, at the University of Naples Federico II, with a short period spent at the Catholic University of Leuven. During the PhD, Francesco was also a fellow at the Italian Institute of Technology and a Visiting PhD student at the University of Glasgow. Francesco then moved to the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Japan) for a postdoc, before joining Swansea University as a lecturer in 2018 and then progressing to Associate Professor in 2022.

Francesco has experience in microfluidic flow of complex fluids, rheology, microrheology and design of microfluidic devices for rheological analysis.Francesco's interests are in Microfluidics and Soft Matter. For instance, we developed innovative solutions to improve the encapsulation of flowing particles using viscoelastic flows in microfluidic devices, and we also developed microfluidic techniques to evaluate rheological parameters not measurable via conventional techniques.

Francesco has several roles across national and international institutions, including Functional Chartered Member of the IChemE, ICP Panel member of the IChemE, Concil Member of the British Society of Rheology, and core member of the Institute of Non-Newotnian Fluid Mechanics.

Francesco has several hobbies including reading, classical music, photography, and cycling. He is always open to face new challenges and is keen to lead other people that share his vision. He also acts as a counsellor for colleagues and students that need support.

Areas Of Expertise

Rheology
Microrheology
Microfluidics
Particle/cell focusing and separation
Microscale flow
Polyelectrolytes
Graphene Oxide

Languages Spoken

Italian

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Francesco is interested in teaching topics related to fluid mechanics and rheology, with particular emphasis on the microfluidic-related applications.

Research Award Highlights Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Del Giudice, F. (2020). Simultaneous measurement of rheological properties in a microfluidic rheometer. Physics of Fluids, 32(5)
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0006060, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53946
Jeyasountharan, A., Shahrivar, K., D’Avino, G., & Del Giudice, F. (2021). Viscoelastic Particle Train Formation in Microfluidic Flows Using a Xanthan Gum Aqueous Solution. Analytical Chemistry, 93(13), 5503-5512.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.0c05370, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56355
Del Giudice, F., D'Avino, G., & Maffettone, P. (2021). Microfluidic formation of crystal-like structures. Lab on a Chip, 21(11), 2069-2094.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1lc00144b, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56876
Shahrivar, K. & Del Giudice, F. (2021). Controlled viscoelastic particle encapsulation in microfluidic devices. Soft Matter, 17(35), 8068-8077.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sm00941a, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57561
Del Giudice, F. (2022). A Review of Microfluidic Devices for Rheological Characterisation. Micromachines, 13(2), 167
https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13020167, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59245
Del Giudice, F. (2019). Viscoelastic focusing of polydisperse particle suspensions in a straight circular microchannel. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 23(7)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-019-2263-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50885
Del Giudice, F., D'Avino, G., Greco, F., Santo, I., Netti, P., & Maffettone, P. (2015). Rheometry-on-a-chip: measuring the relaxation time of a viscoelastic liquid through particle migration in microchannel flows. Lab on a Chip, 15(3), 783-792.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c4lc01157k, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41006
Del Giudice, F., Haward, S., & Shen, A. (2017). Relaxation time of dilute polymer solutions: A microfluidic approach. Journal of Rheology, 61(2), 327-337.
https://doi.org/10.1122/1.4975933, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41012
Del Giudice, F., D’Avino, G., Greco, F., Maffettone, P., & Shen, A. (2018). Fluid Viscoelasticity Drives Self-Assembly of Particle Trains in a Straight Microfluidic Channel. Physical Review Applied, 10(6)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.064058, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa46231
Matsumoto, A., Del Giudice, F., Rotrattanadumrong, R., & Shen, A. (2019). Rheological Scaling of Ionic-Liquid-Based Polyelectrolytes in Ionic Liquid Solutions. Macromolecules, 52(7), 2759-2771.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02544, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49624
Del Giudice, F., Sathish, S., D’Avino, G., & Shen, A. (2017). “From the Edge to the Center”: Viscoelastic Migration of Particles and Cells in a Strongly Shear-Thinning Liquid Flowing in a Microchannel. Analytical Chemistry, 89(24), 13146-13159.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02450, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02450
Del Giudice, F., Tassieri, M., Oelschlaeger, C., & Shen, A. (2017). When Microrheology, Bulk Rheology, and Microfluidics Meet: Broadband Rheology of Hydroxyethyl Cellulose Water Solutions. Macromolecules, 50(7), 2951-2963.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02727, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41013
Del Giudice, F., Cunning, B., Ruoff, R., & Shen, A. (2018). Filling the gap between transient and steady shear rheology of aqueous graphene oxide dispersions. Rheologica Acta, 57(4), 293-306.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-018-1077-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41016
Del Giudice, F. & Shen, A. (2017). Shear rheology of graphene oxide dispersions. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 16, 23-30.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2017.04.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41014
Del Giudice, F., Calcagno, V., Taliento, V., Greco, F., Netti, P., & Maffettone, P. (2017). Relaxation time of polyelectrolyte solutions: When μ-rheometry steps in charge. Journal of Rheology, 61(1), 13-21.
https://doi.org/10.1122/1.4965930, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41011
Del Giudice, F., Greco, F., Netti, P., & Maffettone, P. (2016). Is microrheometry affected by channel deformation?. Biomicrofluidics, 10(4), 043501
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4945603, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41010
Del Giudice, F., D’Avino, G., Greco, F., Netti, P., & Maffettone, P. (2015). Effect of fluid rheology on particle migration in a square-shaped microchannel. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 19(1), 95-104.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-015-1552-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41009
Tassieri, M., Giudice, F., Robertson, E., Jain, N., Fries, B., Wilson, R., Glidle, A., Greco, F., Netti, P., Maffettone, P., Bicanic, T., Cooper, J., & Del Giudice, F. (2015). Microrheology with Optical Tweezers: Measuring the relative viscosity of solutions ‘at a glance’. Scientific Reports, 5(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep08831, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41008
Del Giudice, F., Madadi, H., Villone, M., D'Avino, G., Cusano, A., Vecchione, R., Ventre, M., Maffettone, P., & Netti, P. (2015). Magnetophoresis ‘meets’ viscoelasticity: deterministic separation of magnetic particles in a modular microfluidic device. Lab on a Chip, 15(8), 1912-1922.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c5lc00106d, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41007
Del Giudice, F., Romeo, G., D'Avino, G., Greco, F., Netti, P., & Maffettone, P. (2013). Particle alignment in a viscoelastic liquid flowing in a square-shaped microchannel. Lab on a Chip, 13(21), 4263
https://doi.org/10.1039/c3lc50679g, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41005
Del Giudice, F. & Barnes, C. (2022). Rapid Temperature-Dependent Rheological Measurements of Non-Newtonian Solutions Using a Machine-Learning Aided Microfluidic Rheometer. Analytical Chemistry, 94(8), 3617-3628.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05208, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59330
Jeyasountharan, A., D'Avino, G., & Del Giudice, F. (2022). Confinement effect on the viscoelastic particle ordering in microfluidic flows: Numerical simulations and experiments. Physics of Fluids, 34(4), 042015
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0090997, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59794
Faroughi, S. & Del Giudice, F. (2022). Microfluidic Rheometry and Particle Settling: Characterizing the Effect of Polymer Solution Elasticity. Polymers, 14(4), 657
https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14040657, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60734
Shahrivar, K. & Del Giudice, F. (2022). Beating Poisson stochastic particle encapsulation in flow-focusing microfluidic devices using viscoelastic liquids. Soft Matter, 18(32), 5928-5933.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sm00935h, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60975
MAISTO, A., McDowall, D., Adams, D., & Del Giudice, F. (2022). Continuous Manufacturing of Microfluidic Fibers Embedded with Ordered Microparticles via Ionic Gelation. ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 1(1)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.2c00060, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61178
Jeyasountharan, A. & Del Giudice, F. (2023). Viscoelastic Particle Encapsulation Using a Hyaluronic Acid Solution in a T-Junction Microfluidic Device. Micromachines, 14(3), 563
https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14030563, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63217
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi14030563
Barnes, C., Sonwane, A., Sonnenschein, E., & Del Giudice, F. (2023). Machine learning enhanced droplet microfluidics. Physics of Fluids, 35(9)
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0163806, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66580

All Research

Journal Articles

Barnes, C., Sonwane, A., Sonnenschein, E., & Del Giudice, F. (2023). Machine learning enhanced droplet microfluidics. Physics of Fluids, 35(9)
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0163806, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66580
Jeyasountharan, A. & Del Giudice, F. (2023). Viscoelastic Particle Encapsulation Using a Hyaluronic Acid Solution in a T-Junction Microfluidic Device. Micromachines, 14(3), 563
https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14030563, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63217
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi14030563
MAISTO, A., McDowall, D., Adams, D., & Del Giudice, F. (2022). Continuous Manufacturing of Microfluidic Fibers Embedded with Ordered Microparticles via Ionic Gelation. ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 1(1)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.2c00060, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61178
Shahrivar, K. & Del Giudice, F. (2022). Beating Poisson stochastic particle encapsulation in flow-focusing microfluidic devices using viscoelastic liquids. Soft Matter, 18(32), 5928-5933.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sm00935h, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60975
Jeyasountharan, A., D'Avino, G., & Del Giudice, F. (2022). Confinement effect on the viscoelastic particle ordering in microfluidic flows: Numerical simulations and experiments. Physics of Fluids, 34(4), 042015
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0090997, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59794
Del Giudice, F. & Barnes, C. (2022). Rapid Temperature-Dependent Rheological Measurements of Non-Newtonian Solutions Using a Machine-Learning Aided Microfluidic Rheometer. Analytical Chemistry, 94(8), 3617-3628.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05208, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59330
Faroughi, S. & Del Giudice, F. (2022). Microfluidic Rheometry and Particle Settling: Characterizing the Effect of Polymer Solution Elasticity. Polymers, 14(4), 657
https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14040657, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60734
Del Giudice, F. (2022). A Review of Microfluidic Devices for Rheological Characterisation. Micromachines, 13(2), 167
https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13020167, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59245
Shahrivar, K. & Del Giudice, F. (2021). Controlled viscoelastic particle encapsulation in microfluidic devices. Soft Matter, 17(35), 8068-8077.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sm00941a, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57561
Del Giudice, F., D'Avino, G., & Maffettone, P. (2021). Microfluidic formation of crystal-like structures. Lab on a Chip, 21(11), 2069-2094.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1lc00144b, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56876
Jeyasountharan, A., Shahrivar, K., D’Avino, G., & Del Giudice, F. (2021). Viscoelastic Particle Train Formation in Microfluidic Flows Using a Xanthan Gum Aqueous Solution. Analytical Chemistry, 93(13), 5503-5512.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.0c05370, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56355
Del Giudice, F. (2020). Simultaneous measurement of rheological properties in a microfluidic rheometer. Physics of Fluids, 32(5)
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0006060, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53946
Del Giudice, F. (2019). Viscoelastic focusing of polydisperse particle suspensions in a straight circular microchannel. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 23(7)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-019-2263-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50885
Matsumoto, A., Del Giudice, F., Rotrattanadumrong, R., & Shen, A. (2019). Rheological Scaling of Ionic-Liquid-Based Polyelectrolytes in Ionic Liquid Solutions. Macromolecules, 52(7), 2759-2771.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02544, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49624
Del Giudice, F., D’Avino, G., Greco, F., Maffettone, P., & Shen, A. (2018). Fluid Viscoelasticity Drives Self-Assembly of Particle Trains in a Straight Microfluidic Channel. Physical Review Applied, 10(6)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.064058, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa46231
Del Giudice, F., Cunning, B., Ruoff, R., & Shen, A. (2018). Filling the gap between transient and steady shear rheology of aqueous graphene oxide dispersions. Rheologica Acta, 57(4), 293-306.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-018-1077-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41016
Del Giudice, F., Calcagno, V., Taliento, V., Greco, F., Netti, P., & Maffettone, P. (2017). Relaxation time of polyelectrolyte solutions: When μ-rheometry steps in charge. Journal of Rheology, 61(1), 13-21.
https://doi.org/10.1122/1.4965930, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41011
Del Giudice, F., Sathish, S., D’Avino, G., & Shen, A. (2017). “From the Edge to the Center”: Viscoelastic Migration of Particles and Cells in a Strongly Shear-Thinning Liquid Flowing in a Microchannel. Analytical Chemistry, 89(24), 13146-13159.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02450, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02450
Del Giudice, F. & Shen, A. (2017). Shear rheology of graphene oxide dispersions. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 16, 23-30.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2017.04.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41014
Del Giudice, F., Tassieri, M., Oelschlaeger, C., & Shen, A. (2017). When Microrheology, Bulk Rheology, and Microfluidics Meet: Broadband Rheology of Hydroxyethyl Cellulose Water Solutions. Macromolecules, 50(7), 2951-2963.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02727, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41013
Del Giudice, F., Haward, S., & Shen, A. (2017). Relaxation time of dilute polymer solutions: A microfluidic approach. Journal of Rheology, 61(2), 327-337.
https://doi.org/10.1122/1.4975933, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41012
Del Giudice, F., Greco, F., Netti, P., & Maffettone, P. (2016). Is microrheometry affected by channel deformation?. Biomicrofluidics, 10(4), 043501
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4945603, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41010
Del Giudice, F., D’Avino, G., Greco, F., Netti, P., & Maffettone, P. (2015). Effect of fluid rheology on particle migration in a square-shaped microchannel. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 19(1), 95-104.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-015-1552-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41009
Tassieri, M., Giudice, F., Robertson, E., Jain, N., Fries, B., Wilson, R., Glidle, A., Greco, F., Netti, P., Maffettone, P., Bicanic, T., Cooper, J., & Del Giudice, F. (2015). Microrheology with Optical Tweezers: Measuring the relative viscosity of solutions ‘at a glance’. Scientific Reports, 5(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep08831, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41008
Del Giudice, F., Madadi, H., Villone, M., D'Avino, G., Cusano, A., Vecchione, R., Ventre, M., Maffettone, P., & Netti, P. (2015). Magnetophoresis ‘meets’ viscoelasticity: deterministic separation of magnetic particles in a modular microfluidic device. Lab on a Chip, 15(8), 1912-1922.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c5lc00106d, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41007
Del Giudice, F., D'Avino, G., Greco, F., Santo, I., Netti, P., & Maffettone, P. (2015). Rheometry-on-a-chip: measuring the relaxation time of a viscoelastic liquid through particle migration in microchannel flows. Lab on a Chip, 15(3), 783-792.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c4lc01157k, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41006
Del Giudice, F., Romeo, G., D'Avino, G., Greco, F., Netti, P., & Maffettone, P. (2013). Particle alignment in a viscoelastic liquid flowing in a square-shaped microchannel. Lab on a Chip, 13(21), 4263
https://doi.org/10.1039/c3lc50679g, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41005

Supervision

Ordering and Encapsulation in Viscoelastic Microfluidic Flows (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Rhodri Williams
Coated subdermal wearable patches for real time continuous monitoring (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Miss Claire Barnes

Taught Modules

EG-160 Fluid Mechanics 1

Fluid mechanics is ubiquitous in our daily life, as well as within a wide breath of engineering disciplines. For instance, fluid mechanics plays a crucial role in understanding and optimising the flow of air around aircraft, in the design and optimization of vehicles, in the design and analysis of chemical reactors, mixing vessels, heat exchangers, and other process equipment, and it also underpins several key processes taking place in our body (e.g. blood flow). This modules provides an introduction to Fluid Mechanics, with special focusing on hydrostatics, hydrodynamics and pipe flow. Hydrostatics is essential to identify points of high pressure in a system and to also identify forces acting on submerged surfaces either planar or curved. Hydrodynamics, instead, focuses on the motion of fluids and the requirement to identify pressure drops, losses, flow rate values, and forces generated by moving fluids. Pipe flow is a special case of hydrodynamics, where the fluid is forced to flow in a closed geometry that can have different types of cross-section.
EG-211 Fluid Flow

This module will focus on three topics in fluid mechanics, namely, Non-Newtonian fluids, dimensional analysis and Navier-Stokes equations. For the non-Newtonian fluids, we will study how fluids can display properties very different from those of Newtonian fluids and how such properties affect pipe flow in both laminar and turbulent flow. We will then study the Buckingham Pi theorem and apply it to solve textbook chemical engineering problems related to flow mixing and particulate flow. Finally, we will introduce the Navier-Stokes equations, i.e., microscopic mass and momentum balance equations, and apply them to solve several fluid mechanics problems in simple flow conditions.
EG-256 Fluid Mechanics 1

Fluid mechanics is ubiquitous in our daily life, as well as within a wide breath of engineering disciplines. For instance, fluid mechanics plays a crucial role in understanding and optimising the flow of air around aircraft, in the design and optimization of vehicles, in the design and analysis of chemical reactors, mixing vessels, heat exchangers, and other process equipment, and it also underpins several key processes taking place in our body (e.g.,blood flow). This modules provides an introduction to Fluid Mechanics, with special focusing on hydrostatics, hydrodynamics and pipe flow. Hydrostatics is essential to identify points of high pressure in a system and to also identify forces acting on submerged surfaces either planar or curved. Hydrodynamics, instead, focuses on the motion of fluids and the requirement to identify pressure drops, losses, flow rate values, and forces generated by moving fluids. Pipe flow is a special case of hydrodynamics, where the fluid is forced to flow in a closed geometry that can have different types of cross-section.
EG-M160 Advanced Microfluidics

Microfluidics is the set of science and technology at the micrometer scale. In the last 30 years, microfluidic devices have been widely employed for a variety of engineering applications, including cell and particle separation, fabrication of fiber, production of droplets and microparticles and characterization of complex fluids. In all these applications, chemical engineers have employed their skills to work across scientific fields in order to promote significant improvement in many areas including diagnostic, molecule detection and advanced manufacturing. Microfluidics has enormous advantages compared to conventional techniques such as small volume of samples required (less than 1 ml), easy and accurate control of flow parameters, larger sensitivity, compact size. In this course, we will introduce the advanced phenomena occurring at the micrometer scales. We will see how complex flows can be used to drive a variety of further phenomena including alignment and spacing of particles, droplet formation, particle fabrication, and cell separation. We will also see manufacturing of materials using Microfluidics devices together with recent applications in machine learning and AI. We will employ a critical approach to identify limitations of existing microfluidic technologies and we will develop a mindset oriented towards problem solving (i.e., positive attitude) and design of alternative devices for targeted applications.

Key Grants and Projects

Enhanced single-cell analysis protocol based on viscoelastic controlled encapsulation 2024 - 2025

, £42,000
In-Hospital fibrinogen-level monitoring of COPD patients using microfluidic rheometry. 2024 - 2025

, £30,000
Soft Matter and microfluidics for the next generation of applications in engineering and healthcare. 2024 - 2025

, £20,000
High throughput mapping of inter-kingdom interactions using precision microfluidics and machine learning. 2024 - 2025

, £200,000
Maximising Medical and Engineering Track Record for Improved Interventions in Intensive Care (MMETRIIIC) 2024 - 2024

, £15,000
Validation of new rheological biomarkers for diagnosis and monitoring of cardiovascular diseases using a novel microfluidic technology 2023 - 2024

, £15,000
Dynamics and stability of viscoelastic phonons in microfluidic devices. 2022 - 2023

, £18,000
Royal Society International Exchange 2020 - 2022

, ~£6,000
A novel holistic approach to Welsh heritage: a bilingual journey from Science and Literature to Art. 2021 - 2022

, £5,000
Welsh Data National Accelerator grant 2022 - 2022

, £125,000
Deterministic encapsulation of particles and cells through viscoelastic ordering in microfluidic devices 2019 - 2022

, £325,000
IMPACT Equipment Grant 2021

, ~£30,000

Career History

Associate Professor, Swansea University

2022 - Present
Senior Lecturer, Swansea University

March 2021 - February 2022
Lecturer, Swansea University

May 2018 - February 2021
Postdoctoral Scholar, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate School

2015 - 2018
Fellow, Centre for Advanced biomaterials for Healthcare – Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

2012 - 2015

Public Engagements

Since 2021, Francesco have been developing and implementing several activities to raise awareness of the Chemical Engineering profession for pupils in year 11-13 of UK schools. I delivered such activities to around 100 students and I was invited to deliver a webinar for the Education special interest group of the IChemE (Webinar: Chemical Engineering Outreach Activities for Years 11-13 Pupils).

Francesco actively participated in public engagement activities including the OIST cafe in Tokyo in 2017 (https://groups.oist.jp/ja/grad/oist-café-tokyo-july-23rd-2017-0). He has also been selected as guest speaker to promote science to Japanese middle school, high school, and graduate school.

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

Fluid formulation design for microfluidic applications.

2024

University of Tokyo, 2024
Impact of fluid viscoelasticity on crystal-like structure formation in microfluidic flows: fundamentals and applications.

2024

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA,
Tuning fluid rheology for particle manipulations in microfluidic flows for focusing, separation, ordering and encapsulation appl

2023

University of Birmingham
Fluid formulation design for microfluidic applications

2023

Wales Innovation Network Future and Emerging Living Technology
Chemical Engineering Outreach Activities for Years 11-13 Pupil

2023

IChemE Education SIG
Rheo-manipulation of particle and cell trajectories in microfluidic devices

2019

Institute of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics meeting, Lake Vyrnwy
Steady and transient rheology of Graphene Oxide dispersions

2016

University of Naples Federico II
Introduction to rheology and rheometry by using Anton Paar MCR 302

2013

Glasgow University

Other Roles

Functional Chartered College Member, Institute of Chemical Engineering (IChemE)

2021 - Present
Individual Case Procedure Reviewer and Panel Member, Institute of Chemical Engineering (IChemE)

2021 - Present
University Volunteer Assessor for accreditations programmes, Institute of Chemical Engineering (IChemE)

2023 - Present
Council Member, British Society of Rheology

2021 - Present
Core Member, Institute of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

2021 - Present
Peer Review Panel, EPSRC

2020 - Present
Ordinary Member of the Polymer Physics Group, Institute of Physics

2022 - Present
Advisory Board Member, Physics of Fluids

2023 - Present

Dr Francesco Del Giudice

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Ordering and Encapsulation in Viscoelastic Microfluidic Flows (awarded 2023)

Coated subdermal wearable patches for real time continuous monitoring (current)

EG-160 Fluid Mechanics 1

EG-211 Fluid Flow

EG-256 Fluid Mechanics 1

EG-M160 Advanced Microfluidics

Enhanced single-cell analysis protocol based on viscoelastic controlled encapsulation 2024 - 2025

In-Hospital fibrinogen-level monitoring of COPD patients using microfluidic rheometry. 2024 - 2025

Soft Matter and microfluidics for the next generation of applications in engineering and healthcare. 2024 - 2025

High throughput mapping of inter-kingdom interactions using precision microfluidics and machine learning. 2024 - 2025

Maximising Medical and Engineering Track Record for Improved Interventions in Intensive Care (MMETRIIIC) 2024 - 2024

Validation of new rheological biomarkers for diagnosis and monitoring of cardiovascular diseases using a novel microfluidic technology 2023 - 2024

Dynamics and stability of viscoelastic phonons in microfluidic devices. 2022 - 2023

Royal Society International Exchange 2020 - 2022

A novel holistic approach to Welsh heritage: a bilingual journey from Science and Literature to Art. 2021 - 2022

Welsh Data National Accelerator grant 2022 - 2022

IMPACT Equipment Grant 2021

Associate Professor, Swansea University

Senior Lecturer, Swansea University

Lecturer, Swansea University

Postdoctoral Scholar, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate School

Fellow, Centre for Advanced biomaterials for Healthcare – Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Fluid formulation design for microfluidic applications.

Impact of fluid viscoelasticity on crystal-like structure formation in microfluidic flows: fundamentals and applications.

Tuning fluid rheology for particle manipulations in microfluidic flows for focusing, separation, ordering and encapsulation appl

Fluid formulation design for microfluidic applications

Chemical Engineering Outreach Activities for Years 11-13 Pupil

Rheo-manipulation of particle and cell trajectories in microfluidic devices

Steady and transient rheology of Graphene Oxide dispersions

Introduction to rheology and rheometry by using Anton Paar MCR 302

Functional Chartered College Member, Institute of Chemical Engineering (IChemE)

Individual Case Procedure Reviewer and Panel Member, Institute of Chemical Engineering (IChemE)

University Volunteer Assessor for accreditations programmes, Institute of Chemical Engineering (IChemE)

Council Member, British Society of Rheology

Core Member, Institute of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Peer Review Panel, EPSRC

Ordinary Member of the Polymer Physics Group, Institute of Physics

Advisory Board Member, Physics of Fluids