Current instructor

Paul Mitchell

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Raw average: 4.71/5 from 7 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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What students say

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AAE 320
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Paul is very understanding and cares that you are not just a student, but also a person and was flexible with deadlines and rescheduling! Great lectures and exams.
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AAE 320
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
He was great and very understanding with our issues and problems that students were dealing with during this pandemic. He communicated out of class via email and tried his best to actually teach us things that mattered and we would need for the future.
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AAE 320
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Good professor, incredibly friendly guy. Tests are straightforward and he posts lecture notes online. Really helps if you attend class, but it's not mandatory. Need to do a short problem set every week. There usually aren't additional readings. He's always available if you need to get help.
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AEE · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Really helpful and great guy
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AAE 320
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Easy class, but very applicable if you are an Ag Bus/AAE/DySci/AnSci major. He posts old exams and they are almost exactly the same every year. Class is not mandatory but it helps with your assignments if you go. Take this class if you can.
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AAE 320
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Awesome prof! Made class entertaining. Tests were just like examples in class. Class not mandatory, but it helps. Not textbook. A few assignments.
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Classes with Paul Mitchell

AAE 699

Special Problems

1–4 credits

Special Problems offers independent research in Aero and Astronautical Engineering guided by AAE faculty or instructional academic staff, where students arrange work and credits with a supervisor.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Corbett GraingerDominic Parker+9 more

No recorded grade history

ENVIRST 990

Research

1–12 credits

Independent research and writing course titled RESEARCH, focused on fulfilling thesis or dissertation requirements.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Karen StrierPaul Block+56 more

No recorded grade history

Recorded teaching history

Distinct courses recorded per term

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027AAE 399Coordinative Internship/cooperative Education
Spring 2027AAE 699Special Problems
Spring 2027AAE 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2027ENVIRST 990Research
Spring 2027LEGALST 692Senior Thesis
Fall 2026AAE 299Independent Study
Fall 2026AAE 399Coordinative Internship/cooperative Education
Fall 2026AAE 699Special Problems
Fall 2026AAE 990Research and Thesis

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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