Bruna Tosin
Bio
Bruna Tosin is from Brazil and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Lille within the GENIUS Doctoral Network, with a background in civil, geotechnical and structural engineering.
Bruna holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from São Paulo State University (UNESP) and an MSc in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. During her master’s, she developed a strong interest in shallow geothermal energy and energy geostructures. Her research focused on the thermal performance of full-scale thermoactive retaining walls constructed in tropical unsaturated soils, involving field thermal testing and temperature monitoring using distributed fibre optic sensing and Pt-100 sensors.
Before starting her PhD, Bruna worked as a geotechnical and structural engineer in Brazil, contributing to major infrastructure, mining, industrial and transportation projects. Her experience includes the design of shallow and deep foundations, retaining structures, slope stability and soil–structure interaction analyses. She also gained field engineering experience through the technical monitoring of construction works for São Paulo Metro Line 6, alongside the geotechnical and structural design of stations and ventilation shafts, including permanent reinforced concrete structures.
Within GENIUS, her research focuses on the thermo-mechanical behaviour of energy geostructures under challenging geological conditions, with particular emphasis on energy micropiles. Through experimental and numerical investigations, her PhD aims to better understand the response of energy micropiles under combined thermal and mechanical loading and contribute to their design and implementation as sustainable foundation systems.
