Selected Presentations

"Global Challenges in Water Supply: The Role of Desalination by Forward Osmosis", WaterCAMPWS Seminar Series, April 2008, UIUC Campus, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Click here to watch

"Forward Osmosis Energy Use: Comparisons to RO, MSF, MED", 2007 NAMS National Meeting, Orlando, FL. PDF File

"Influence of Concentrative and Dilutive Internal Concentration Polarization on Flux Behavior in Forward Osmosis", 2006 NAMS National Meeting. PDF File

"Desalination by a Novel Ammonia-Carbon Dioxide Forward Osmosis Process: Influence of Draw and Feed Solution Concentrations on Process Performance", 2005 AIChE. PDF File

Selected Publications

McCutcheon, J.R., and Elimelech, M. “Modeling Water Flux in Forward Osmosis: Implications for Improved Membrane Design”, AIChE Journal, Volume 53, June 2007, pages 1736-1744. PDF File

McGinnis, R.L. and Elimelech, M. “Energy Requirements of Ammonia-Carbon Dioxide Forward Osmosis Desalination”, Desalination, Volume 207, 2007, pages 370-382. PDF File

McCutcheon, J.R., and Elimelech, M. “Influence of Concentrative and Dilutive Internal Concentration Polarization on Flux Behavior in Forward Osmosis”, Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 284, October 2006, pages 237-247. PDF File

McCutcheon, J.R., McGinnis, R.L. and Elimelech, M. "The Ammonia-Carbon Dioxide Forward Osmosis Desalination Process", Water Conditioning & Purification, October 2006. PDF File

Cath, T.Y., Childress, A.E., and Elimelech, M. “Forward osmosis: Principles, Applications, and Recent Developments”, Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 281, September 2006, pages 70-87.  PDF File

McCutcheon, J.R., McGinnis, R.L., and Elimelech, M. “Desalination by Ammonia-Carbon Dioxide Forward Osmosis: Influence of Draw and Feed Solution Concentrations on Process Performance”, Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 278, July 2006, pages 114-123.  PDF File

Gray, G.T., McCutcheon, J.R., and Elimelech, M. “Internal Concentration Polarization in Forward Osmosis: Role of Membrane Orientation”, Desalination, Volume 197, June 2006, pages 1-8. PDF File

McCutcheon, J.R., McGinnis, R.L., and Elimelech, M. “A Novel Ammonia-Carbon Dioxide Forward (Direct) Osmosis Desalination Process”, Desalination, Volume 174, 2005, pages 1-11. PDF File