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Portrait of Dr. Luciana de Cresce El Debs

Dr. Luciana de Cresce El Debs

  • Assistant Professor at Department of Engineering Technology, College of Science & Engineering

Grants

2025

  • 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.

2023

  • 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.

2022

  • 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.

2020

  • 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.

2018

  • Debs, Luciana (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, 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), Percent Contribution: %30, Zimpfer, Mark (Principal). Purdue SCMT Construction Channel, National Housing Endowment, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $100000. (Submitted: 2018, Funded: 2018 - 2023). Grant.

2017

  • Debs, Luciana (Principal). Design and Construction Integration in Brazil (Pilot), Purdue University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $15000. (Funded: January 2017 - August 2017). Grant.