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Dr. Luciana de Cresce El Debs

  • Assistant Professor - Department of Engineering Technology
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Biography and expertise

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).

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Technology

Purdue University Main Campus, 2016

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Debs, Luciana (Principal). Collaborative Research: Enhancing Undergraduate STEM Learning by Mitigating Misalignment of Augmented Capability in Assistive Technology Use for Construction Education, National Science Foundation, Federal, $150210. (Submitted: January 15, 2025, Funded: October 2025 - Present). Grant.
  • Chang, Soowon (Principal), Debs, Luciana (Co-Principal). SPR-5008: Strategic Expansion of Driving Simulators in INDOT Driver Training Programs, Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), State, $1412695. (Funded: July 2025 - Present). Grant.
  • 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 - January 31, 2026). 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.
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  • Debs, L., Besiktepe, D., Talley, K. G., & Mosier, R. (2025). Sense of Belonging of US Construction Students. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 21(3), 321–345. https://doi.org/10.1080/15578771.2024.2384378
  • de Cresce El Debs, L., Talley, K. G., & Clemente de Souza, A. S. (2026). AI in Construction Education Programs: Addressing Accessibility and Reliability through a Comparative Case Study.
  • Besiktepe, D., Kumar, Y. R. M., Zheng, Y., Manuel, J. R., & Debs, L. (2025). Exploring Job Selection Influences of Construction Management Students.
  • Zheng, Y., Besiktepe, D., & Debs, L. (2025). A Pilot Study on ChatGPT’s Potential in Developing Construction Education Assessments Through a Lens of Bloom’s Taxonomy a Lens of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
  • Debs, L., & Clemente de Souza, A. S. (2025). Academic help-seeking resources for construction students: a scoping review.
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  • 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
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  1. Reviewer / Referee

    Construction Research Congress

  2. Other

    New Tenure Track Faculty Orientation

  3. Other

    Construction Engineering Division - American Society for Engineering Education

  4. Member

    Graduate College

  5. Reviewer / Referee

    Construction Economics and Building (Journal)

  6. Reviewer / Referee

    Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management (Journal)

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