The Connecticut Advanced Pavement Laboratory is excited to share its research space with SURF Grant Awardee Kathryn Ausere ’28 (Chemical Engineering) this summer (2026). During the academic break Summer Undergraduate Research Funds (SURF) support full-time undergraduate students conducting summer research projects. Kathryn’s research will be: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Three Types of Tack Coats at Reducing Tracking Under Various Humidity Conditions.

For more information on SURF, go to the Office of Undergraduate Research and for more information on the Connecticut Advanced Pavement Laboratory, visit the UConn College of Engineering’s Connecticut Transportation Institute.

Congratulations, Kathryn, on this exciting opportunity.