Congratulations to Professor Brent K Jesiek of PurdueENE on receiving the 2026 Sterling Olmsted Award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES).

The Sterling Olmsted Award is the division's highest honor and recognizes individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the development and teaching of liberal arts in engineering education.

As associate head of graduate programs in the School of Engineering Education, with joint appointments in the School of Engineering Education and the Purdue University Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Jesiek's interdisciplinary research draws on engineering, computing, and the social sciences to examine global engineering practice, ethics and social responsibility, and the history of engineering education.

The award was presented at the 2026 ASEE Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, by Marie Stettler Kleine, PhD, chair of the ASEE LEES Division.

Congratulations, Brent, on this outstanding and well-deserved recognition. Your leadership and scholarship continue to shape engineering education at Purdue and beyond.