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Engineering professor named Carnegie Scholar
Greg Jaeger, News Bureau
(217) 333-1085; gjaeger@illinois.edu
4/8/03
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —
Michael Loui, a professor of electrical
and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
has been named a Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship
of Teaching and Learning.
Loui
was one of 26 university faculty members from across the country selected
for the award. During the next year, he will work with the other scholars
to create models for teaching, learning and research.
For his Carnegie Scholars project, Loui plans to investigate what students
learn from courses and seminars in ethics. According to Loui, the current
literature indicates that students reach basic goals in knowledge and
moral reasoning. He plans to expand on this research by examining whether
students can achieve deeper understanding of their responsibilities
and themselves.
Currently, Loui conducts research in computational complexity theory,
theory of parallel and distributed computation, reliable software, and
ethics in engineering. Some of his current projects include the creation
of a general education course on digital information technologies for
students outside the College of Engineering; the development of a video
that dramatizes a case in engineering ethics; and the study of the effectiveness
of pedagogical techniques for improving students’ skill in debugging
computer programs.
The Carnegie Academy was created in 1998 by the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching to establish and refine standards for
the critical review of teaching and learning by faculty members in college
and university classrooms.
