Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
| jeffrey.mccutcheon@uconn.edu | |
| Phone | (860) 486-4601 |
| Mailing Address | Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Engineering II, Room 204 191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3222 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3222 |
| Campus | Storrs |
| Link | Research Website |
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Brief Bio
Jeffrey McCutcheon is the General Electric Professor of Advanced Manufacturing in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Yale University. For nearly 20 years, he has pioneered work in membrane based separations, notably in the areas of osmotic processes and membrane formation. He has raised over $12M to support research in the areas of forward osmosis, membrane distillation, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, pervaporation, vapor permeation, organic solvent nanofiltration and additive manufacturing for membranes. He has published over 100 refereed publications and has several patents on membrane technology. He has served the separations community as a Director for both the AIChE Separations Division and the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) and recently served as President of NAMS. He currently serves as the Deputy Topic Area lead for Materials & Manufacturing Topic Area in the National Alliance for Water Innovation, the Department of Energy’s $100M “Water Hub” dedicated to supporting the development of desalination technology in the United States.
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- Membrane separations for sustainable water and energy production
- Additive manufacturing for membranes
- Thin film composite membrane design and fabrication
- Polymeric membrane characterization
- Wastewater resource recovery using anaerobic digestion
- Solar driven desalination processes
- Electrocaloric thin film materials
Additive Manufacturing for Customized Membranes: We are designing bespoke membranes for water treatment, ion exchange, and gas separations applications
Resource Recovery from Wastewater Treatment Systems: We are developing AI driven control strategies to maximize the recovery of value from organic waste streams using anaerobic co-digestion.
Solar-driven Membrane Distillation: We are developing a ceramic-based membrane distillation system driven by solar-thermal energy.
Direct measurement osmometry for concentrated brines: We have developed a membrane osmometer that can measure osmotic pressures up to 3000 psi for aqueous brines.
Manufacturing Thin Film Electrocalorics: We are developing an approach to make thin film electrocaloric materials using liquid crystals.
Industry projects: We conduct a wide range of projects for industry on membrane process and component development.