Faculty Profile for Dr. Luciana de Cresce El Debs

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Dr. Luciana de Cresce El Debs
Assistant Professor — Department of Engineering Technology
RFM 4214
phone: (512) 245-2137
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Dr. Luciana Debs, is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology at Texas State University. She received her PhD from Purdue University Main Campus, her MS from the Technical Research Institute of Sao Paulo and her B.Arch from University of Sao Paulo (Brazil). Her current research includes Construction 4.0 and implications for workforce development and training, as well as design and construction integration.

Teaching Interests

 Dr. Debs’ mission is to improve the future of construction through education by preparing students for an integrated and technology-rich environment. She does this by infusing her courses with multiple perspectives but especially focusing on the integration of design and construction.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Besiktepe, D., Kumar, Y. R. M., Zheng, Y., Manuel, J. R., & Debs, L. (n.d.). Exploring Job Selection Influences of Construction Management Students.
  • Debs, L., Clemente de Souza, A. S., & Moraes, F. R. (2024). Requirements and Qualifications of Emerging Construction 4.0 Job Categories. ASEE. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--47942
  • Gusmao Brissi, S., & Debs, L. (2024). Principles for adopting offsite construction in design and construction companies focused on multifamily projects in the USA. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 31(11), 4308–4329. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-03-2022-0262
  • Clemente de Souza, A. S., & Debs, L. (2024). Concepts, innovative technologies, learning approaches and trend topics in education 4.0: A scoping literature review. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 9. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2024.100902
  • Besiktepe, D., Sparkling, A., Debs, L., & Manuel, J. R. (2024). Digital Technology Applications in Construction Education: A Systematic Review of Methodological Pluralism. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 20(4), 421–443. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15578771.2024.2405620

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Paper for Construction Engineering Division, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) - Construction Engineering Division. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Faculty in Learning, School of Construction Management Technology - Purdue University. 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Faculty in Learning, Purdue Polytechnic Institute - Purdue University. 2023
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Exceptional Early Career Teaching Award, Purdue University. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Faculty in Learning, School of Construction Management Technology - Purdue University. 2022

Selected Grants

  • Debs, Luciana (Principal), Chang, Soowon (Co-Principal), Chen, Yunfeng (Co-Principal), Zhang, Jiansong (Co-Principal). SPR 4836: Best Practices for Implementing Driving Simulators in INDOT Driver Training, Indiana Department of Transportation, State, $654860. (Submitted: 2023, Funded: 2023 - 2025). Grant.
  • Debs, Luciana (Principal). SPR 4651: Synthesis Study on Employing Snow Plow Driving Simulators in Training, Indiana Department of Transportation, State, $147537. (Submitted: 2021, Funded: 2022 - 2023). Grant.
  • Debs, Luciana (Co-Principal). Review of Three Academic Programs at Universidad Nacional San Agustin (UNSA), Universidad de San Agustin (UNSA) - Peru, Institutional (Higher Ed), $65939. (Submitted: 2020, Funded: 2020 - 2021). Grant.
  • Debs, Luciana (Co-Principal), Zhang, Jiansong (Principal). PFI: Partnerships for Innovation in Interoperable Building Information Modeling Technology for Applications in Automated Building Code Compliance Checking and Modular Construction Automation, National Science Foundation, Federal, $749770. (Submitted: January 2018, Funded: 2018 - 2025). Grant.
  • Debs, Luciana (Co-Principal), Zimpfer, Mark (Principal). Purdue SCMT Construction Channel, National Housing Endowment, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $100000. (Submitted: 2018, Funded: 2018 - 2023). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Graduate College
August 2024-Present
Secretary
Construction Engineering Division - American Society for Engineering Education
2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Construction Economics and Building (Journal)
2022-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management (Journal)
2022-Present
Reviewer / Referee
CIB World Congress
2022-Present