Associate Professor of Teaching, P.Eng. PMP
Office: CHBE 427
Email: jonathan.verrett@ubc.ca
Research Summary
Design Education, Experiential Learning, Leadership Development, Open Educational Resources (OER), Energy Generation and Use, Sustainability
Education
McGill University, Montreal, 2016, Ph.D.
McGill University, Montreal, 2011, B.Eng.
Research interests + projects
My current focus is on educational research, with my research interests being design education, experiential learning, leadership development, and open educational resources (OER). There are many overlapping and complementary skills developed through design, experiential learning and leadership experiences. I support and study this skill development in student-led projects including curricular design projects, extra-curricular teams, research and entrepreneurship. My OER interest centres on ensuring educational best practices are disseminated and accessible. All these activities have a strong alignment with disciplinary and institutional values around service of the applied science professions to the public.
My technical research has focused on a variety of energy-related fields including gas hydrates, photocatalysis and biohydrogen production. My Ph.D. work focused on the thermodynamics and kinetics of crystallizing multiphase systems (gas-liquid-solid, such as gas hydrates) for their use in industrial processes.
Awards and honours
UBC Faculty Wellbeing Champion, 2026
UBC Killam Teaching Prize , 2021/2022
Chemical and Biological Engineering Undergraduate Club Lifetime Achievement Teaching Award , 2021/2022
Open Educational Resources Champion Award, UBC Alma Mater Society , 2020, 2024
Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) Ron Britton Engineering Education Vanguard Award , 2020
Scholarly and professional activities + affiliations
Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Pacific Northwest Section Chair 2026/2027
Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE)
Full publications link
Selected publications + presentations
J Verrett (2025). Work-in-Progress: Student perceptions and usage of generative AI in second-year chemical engineering design exercises. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2025 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
S A Bagherzadeh, J Verrett, L Creagh (2023). Program-Level Assessment. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Conference (CEEA 2023), Kelowna, Canada.
T Anika, S Saleh, J Verrett (2022). Implementing community-engaged learning (CEL) in a second-year engineering design course. American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference 2022 (ASEE Zone IV 2022), Vancouver.
J Verrett, A Dowling, F Boukavala, Z Ulissi, V Zavala (2020). Computational notebooks in chemical engineering curricula. Chemical Engineering Education. 54(3), 143-153.
A d’Entremont, J Verrett, S Hu, J Abello, N M Harandi, T Lorenzo, W C W Fong (2020). Multi-factorial patterns of online homework usage in engineering: a pilot study. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Conference (CEEA 2020), Montreal, Canada.