Juan H. Vera

Prof. Juan H. Vera

Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical Engineering

McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Chilean born studied and worked for 12 years in Chile and then 30 years in Canada, teaching and doing research in thermodynamics. Fluent in Spanish, English, has working knowledge of French.

Education

Dr. Ing. (Ing. Quim.) Universidad F. Santa Maria, Chile, 1971, part of doctoral research was done at the University of California, Berkeley, under the direction of Professor J.M. Prausnitz.

M. Sc. (Chem. Eng.), University of California, Berkeley, 1970.

Ing. Quim., U. Tecnica del Estado, Chile, 1962

Lic. Quim. Ind., U. Tecnica del Estado, Chile, 1958

McGill Faculty of Engineering Teaching Awards:

Award for Outstanding Teaching, Convocation 1981

Award for Outstanding Teaching, Convocation 1997

Employment

Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical Engineering,McGill University (2005); Full Professor (1981-2005); Sabbatical year at Institut Francais du Petrole, Rueil Malmaison, Paris, France (1981-1982); Associate Professor (1975-1981); Summer Session Lecturer, full-time (1975); Research Associate (1974-1975); Universidad F. Santa Maria, Chile, Professor of Chemical Engineering (1974); Universidad Tecnica del Estado, Chile, Professor of Chemical Engineering (1971-1973; 1965-1967). Dean of Engineering (1973), Director of the School of Engineering (1971-1972; 1967-1968). Chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering (1970-1971). Universidad de Chile, Part time Lecturer in Thermodynamics, graduate level course (1971) and Transport Phenomena course (1970-1971).Universidad Catolica de Chile, Part time Lecturer in Unit Operations course (1970-1973); University of California, Berkeley (1968-1970), Graduate Student, research on thermodynamics for the Dr. Ing. degree under the direction of Professor J.M. Prausnitz, obtained M.Sc. degree (A.I.D. Research Scholarship), submitted doctoral thesis at Universidad F. Santa Maria.

Courses Taught at McGill University. 1974-2004:

Thermodynamics (graduate and undergraduate courses); Introduction to Chemical Engineering; Heat Transfer; Process Equipment Design; Chemical Reaction Engineering; Chemical Process Principles; Advanced Separation Processes and acted as Coordinator of Design Projects.

Other Activities at McGill University

Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Engineering (2000-2004); Acting Dean, Faculty of Engineering (October / November 2003); President McGill Association of University Teachers, MAUT (1997-1998); Member of the Board of resMIQ (2002-2004); Member of the Advisory Committe of Plasma Quebec (2002-2004); Engineering Faculty Representative to Plasturgie Quebec (2003); Engineering Faculty Representative to CRIAQ (2001-2004); Associate Dean. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (1985-1988).

Publications

- Co-author of two textbooks for McGill Chemical Engineering students, one manual on Copper Metallurgy (in Spanish) and over 180 refereed publications in international journals, has an International Patent on Extraction of Proteins and a Canadian Patent on Extraction of Heavy Metals