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Luciana Debs

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2014Rising activity
BIM and Construction IntegrationEngineering Education and Curriculum DevelopmentConstruction Project Management and PerformanceDesign Education and PracticeDigital Transformation in Industry

Publications

58

Citations

346

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

13

Publishing since 2014

Research summary
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Luciana Debs works on topics at the intersection of construction management and engineering education, including how emerging technologies like AI and Construction 4.0 are changing the construction workforce and how construction-related degree programs prepare students for jobs. Recent work also touches on energy use in buildings and equity issues in energy access. This research is aimed at improving how construction professionals are trained and supported, from classroom instruction to career services.

Construction management and workforce developmentEngineering and construction educationConstruction 4.0 and emerging technologiesBuilding energy use and equityAI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) in education

Publication output has grown fairly steadily over the last decade, rising from a couple of papers per year around 2017-2019 to roughly 7-9 per year since 2022.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.6/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 4 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 8 publications222023: 7 publications232024: 9 publications9242025: 8 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • International Journal of Construction Education and Research×4
  • EPiC series in built environment×4
  • Buildings×3
  • Construction Research Congress 2022×3
  • Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University)×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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