Infodynamics
Exploring how information can describe indeterminacy and transformation in physical systems, from spray distributions to flow architectures.
Mechanical engineering · University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal
Bridging nature’s order and uncertainty to bring diversity into engineering design.
I’m Miguel Panão, a researcher exploring fluid mechanics, thermal systems, and the information hidden in complex physical phenomena.
Miguel PanãoCoimbra, Portugal
01 / Research
Across scales, a common curiosity.
From the movement of a single droplet to the design of branching flow networks, my work connects experiments, models, and information theory to better understand thermofluid systems.
Sprays & multiphase flows
Studying atomization, droplet impact, aerosols, and the measurements that reveal the physics of complex flows.
Thermal design
Investigating heat transfer, photophoresis, and constructal approaches to the design of more effective flow and cooling systems.
A perspective / Infodynamics
What can information tell us about a physical system?
Infodynamics offers a way to examine how information behaves and changes as a system develops. In my research, it provides another lens through which to study the diversity and transformation of flow structures and droplet distributions.
Read the research in BioSystems ↗02 / Selected publications
Ideas in the literature.
A selection of recent work across infodynamics, thermal design, aerosols, and sprays. Follow the links to the published articles.
2026International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer↗
2026Applied Sciences↗
2025Physics of Fluids↗
2025Experiments in Fluids↗
2025BioSystems↗
2025Journal of Aerosol Science↗
2024International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer↗
2023Physics of Fluids↗
A closed-form homothetic model for the convective sublimation of dry ice
Constructal Design and Friction Stir Processing Synergy: Towards Next-Generation High-Efficiency Heat Sinks
Exploring infodynamics in the study of human aerosol droplet size distributions
How different are conventional and biofuel sprays applied to aviation? An infodynamic comparative analysis
On the infodynamics of ramifications in constructal design
Photophoretic forces in coated-hollow microspheres
Performance scaled svelteness drives the evolution of multi-branching radial symmetric flow structures
Why drop size distributions in sprays fit the lognormal
03 / About
A researcher, teacher, and curious mind.
Miguel R. Oliveira Panão is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and a researcher affiliated with ADAI and LAETA.
His research ranges from liquid atomization and laser diagnostics to constructal design, thermal management and information theory. He also writes about learning, technology, culture and the philosophy of science.
2002Mechanical engineering degree
2008PhD · Instituto Superior Técnico
University profile ↗Ciência Vitae ↗ORCID ↗Scopus ↗ResearchGate ↗
04 / Get in touch
Let’s explore a question together.
For research conversations, collaboration, and academic enquiries.