McCutcheon Awarded $3M from DOE ARPA-E RECOVER Program for Wastewater Research

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A man in a suit and safety glasses stands near a window, holding small mechanical components while speaking to a small group of people. The audience, also wearing safety glasses, is seen from behind and appears to be listening attentively. The setting resembles a laboratory or demonstration space with a countertop and equipment visible in the background.We’re thrilled to announce that Professor Jeffrey McCutcheon will receive $3M in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)‘s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) RECOVER program to lead a groundbreaking project to recover critical minerals from wastewater—addressing both national security and sustainability challenges!

Together with Professor George Bollas from our department and Professor Baikun Li from UConn School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the team will develop the Intensified Anaerobic Digestion with Resource Recovery (IADRR) process. This innovative system will combine ceramic vacuum membrane distillation to extract ammonia and bipolar membrane electrodialysis to capture phosphorus as phosphoric acid.

Congratulations to Professor McCutcheon and the entire team on this achievement!

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