Dr. Jake Nease – Faculty of Engineering

Overview

ake Nease has been a member of the McMaster University community since 2006. As a PhD student in Chemical Engineering at McMaster, his research focused on the design, analysis, optimization and life-cycle assessments of bulk-scale solid-oxide fuel cell power plants with carbon capture.

Now, as a teaching-track faculty member with permanence and the undergraduate associate chair of the department, Jake directs his passion toward the development of the undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum, both through program refinement and the development of new and existing courses. Jake teaches a variety of process-system themed courses in the department, such as numerical methods, process design, optimization, and high-level modeling.

Currently, Jake’s research interests lie in the fields of pedagogy, especially around accessible course delivery, assessments, project-based learning, and curriculum design. He is a MacPherson Leadership in Teaching and Learning Fellow and has won the President’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning.

Publications

Recent

Abels K, Salvo-Halloran E, White D, Ali M, Agarwal N, Leung V, Ali M, Sidawi M, Capretta A, Brennan J, Nease J, Filipe C. Quantitative point-of-care colorimetric assay modelling using a handheld colorimeter. ACS Omega. 2021; 6 (34): 22439-22446.
Nease J, Leung V, Ebrahimi S, Levinson B, Puri IK, Filipe CDM. A Learner’s Journey Toward a Chemical Engineering Degree. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 2021; 99 (10): 2149-2162.
Patel N, Nease J, Aumi S, Ewaschuk C, Luo J, Mhaskar P. Integrating Data Driven Modeling with First Principles Knowledge. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 2020; 59 (11): 5103-5113.
Morkus P, Zolfaghari M, Alizadeh SK, Nease J, Filipe CDM, Latulippe DR. A Rapid Assay to Assess Nitrification Inhibition Using a Panel of 2 Bacterial Strains and Partial Least Squares Modeling. Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b04453
Nease J, Adams, TA II. BLACKOUT: Teaching Students about the Power Grid through Experiential Workshops and Video Gaming. Chemical Engineering Education. 2019; 53(3)
Nease J, Monteiro N, Adams TA II. Application of a two-level rolling horizon optimization scheme to a solid-oxide fuel cell and compressed air energy storage plant for the optimal supply of zero-emissions peaking power. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 2016; 94: 235-249
Nease J, Adams TA II. Comparative life cycle analyses of bulk-scale coal-fueled solid oxide fuel cell power plants. Applied Energy. 2015; 150: 161-175

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Biography

Education

B.Eng.Mgmt, McMaster (2011)
Ph.D., McMaster (2016)

Achievements

McMaster Engineering Society Faculty Appreciation Award. 2019-2021
President’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning. 2020
ASEE Summer School Poster Award and Invited Publication. 2017
Governor General’s Gold Medal of Academic Distinction. 2016
McMaster Engineering Society Outstanding TA Award. 2015
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. 2014-2016
R.B. Anderson Memorial Prize. 2014
McMaster Dean’s Excellence Award in Engineering. 2014
Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship 2014
Ontario Graduate Scholarship. 2011-2013

Related Courses

Code	Title	Instructor	Outline	Info
IBEHS 4A03 Undergraduate	Biomedical Control Systems	Dr. Jake Nease	Outline	More
CHEM ENG 4N04 Undergraduate	Engineering Economics and Problem Solving	Dr. Jake Nease	Outline	More
CHEM ENG 4H03 Undergraduate	Big Data Methods and Modeling in Chemical and Materials Engineering	Dr. Jake Nease	Outline	More
CHEM ENG 4G03 Undergraduate	Optimization in Chemical Engineering	Dr. Jake Nease	Outline	More
CHEM ENG 2E04 Undergraduate	Numerical Methods and Computing for Chemical Engineers	Dr. Jake Nease	Outline	More