Clara M. Toffoli, M.Sc.

PhD candidate

Contact 

• Visitor address:
  Technische Universität Hamburg (TUHH)
  Institut für Geotechnik und Baubetrieb (B-5)
  Schellerdamm 22 (Channel 7)
  D-21079 Hamburg
  Germany
• Room: 1.005
• Phone: +49 40 42878 3165
• Telefax: +49 40 42878 0807
• E-mail: clara.toffoli @ tuhh.de
• Consultation hours by appointment

Research activities

• Topic: “Functionalized Particles” in the framework of the DFG Research Training Group GRK 2462 “Processes in natural and technical particle-fluid systems”
• Methods: Laboratory tests, Computed Tomography (CT), imaging methods

Educational activities

• Supervision of the seminar “Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Management” (2022-2024)
• Exercise lecture Geotechnics I (Soil mechanics) in winter term 2022/23
• Coordination of teaching for the Bachelor's programme “Civil and Environmental Engineering” (since winter term 2023/24)

Publications

• Magalhaes Toffoli, C., Milatz, M., Moosmann, J., Jentschke, T., and Beckmann, F.  (2024): “Synchrotron CT images of hydrophobic sand: 1. wetting via droplet condensation and 2. water drop penetration time test.” (2024) Data set, TUHH Open Research Repository (TORE), DOI: 10.15480/882.8774
• Magalhães Toffoli, Clara, Marius Milatz, and Jürgen Grabe (2023): “Investigation of coated hydrophobic granular materials by means of computed tomography and environmental scanning electron microscopy.” In: Proceedings of 8th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials (ISDCG2023), DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202454406001
• Magalhães Toffoli, Clara, Marius Milatz, and Jürgen Grabe (2023): “On the resistance of hydrophobic soil polymer coatings created by cold plasma polymerization.” In: Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT 2023). EDP Sciences. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202338218003

Supervised students

• A. Jbayer (2024): "Benetzung hydrophober Böden durch Kondensation: Analyse von Computertomographie-Bildern von Tröpfchen, die auf der Kornoberfläche wachsen, und von deren sich entwickelnden Kontaktwinkeln". Bachelor thesis
• O. Alrefai (2024): "Benetzung hydrophober Böden durch Kondensation: Analyse von Computertomographie-Bildern von Tröpfchen, die auf der Kornoberfläche wachsen, und von deren sich entwickelnden Kontaktwinkeln". Bachelor thesis
• F. N. Ismail (2023): "Charakterisierung des ungesättigten Verhaltens von hydrophoben granularen Böden mittels Verdunstungsversuch: Bodenwasserretentionskurve und Permeabilitätsfunktion". Bachelor thesis