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Lech Lebiedowski and a replica DeLorean built by Lebiedowski and his family

Congratulations to Lech Lebiedowski who is the recipient of the 2025 Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching! Instituted at the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ in 1982, the Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching recognizes publicly the achievement of teaching excellence.

is a full lecturer in the Department of History, Classics and Religion with a cross-appointment in Science, Technology, and Society Studies within the Media and Technology Studies Unit. He specializes in History of Science and Technology with special focus on transportation, industrial, and warfare technologies. During his time with the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥, Lech has taught over 80 classes, receiving four major teaching awards and seven distinctions for excellence in undergraduate teaching.

Lebiedowski's classes are provocative, engaging, and fun, as they bring the past, present, and the future together. His multidisciplinary pedagogy and teaching style is based on real-life experiences, and this, combined with hands-on examination of material artifacts of the past is often described by his students as a ‘time travel’ experience. In his lectures, Lech challenges the established version of History of Technology by de-westernizing the subject and by questioning modern notions of ‘progress’ and ‘growth’. In his courses, students are encouraged to test themselves by questioning pivotal concepts and approaches in History of Technology.