Professor Sigrid Close received the AIAA student award for Excellence in Teaching for the 2020-2021 academic year. Each year the Stanford AIAA recognizes one faculty instructor with the Excellence in Teaching Award to acknowledge members of the community who go above and beyond in teaching. Awards are based on student responses.
This academic year was especially challenging as the university moved all classes online. Professor Close taught three classes, AA 242A: Classical Dynamics, AA 244A: Introduction to Plasma Physics and Engineering, and AA 108N: Surviving space.
