A&S Awards for Shaver, Klein, and Cyr-Racine

May 20, 2026

Francis-Yan Cyr-RacineFrancis-Yan Cyr-Racine
Allison ShaverAllison Shaver

Undergraduates Allison Shaver and Andrew Klein were both given ASSURE awards by the College of Arts & Sciences to pursue research projects with Assistant Professor Diana Dragomir and Professor Sally Seidel, respectively.

Allison is pursuing a BS in Astrophysics. Her project is entitled Improving the Detection of Exoplanet Transits Using Machine Learning".

Andrew is working toward a BS in Physics and will carry out his project Characterization and Performance Optimization of Trenched 3D Silicon Detectors.

Also, Associate Professor Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine received a Marshall Award for Course Development and Curriculum Enhancement by the College to redesign PHYS 301.

Congrats to all three!