Dr. McCutcheon’s research study remains in membrane separations with a concentrate on membrane fabrication and characterization. His group concentrates on applications in liquid separations, consisting of forward osmosis, membrane distillation, nanofiltration, and natural solvent separations. He has actually composed 65 refereed publications, 3 patents, and 2 book chapters. He has actually won various awards consisting of the FRI/John G. Kunesh Award from the AIChE Separations Department (2014), The DuPont Young Teacher Award (2013), the 3M Nontenured Professors Award (2011), and the Solvay Specialized Polymers Young Professors Award (2011). He is President-elect of the North American Membrane Society and just recently completed his term as Location Chair of Location 2D of the AIChE Separations Department (2015-2017).