About ATDE

ATDE specializes in finding solutions to critical development issues involving water resources, energy resources, building technologies, and heating and cooking needs. We are passionate about creating lasting technologies and appropriate yet innovative solutions that move people out of poverty and into a healthier, safer, more rewarding life. We take great care to ensure that the advice and solutions we provide are appropriate to the specific situation or problem. Furthermore, we promote a similar approach to helping individuals and businesses in the industrialized world reduce their ecological impact.

Staff

• Penn Taylor

  Penn has been working in the appropriate technology and renewable energy fields since 2002. He has practical experience and knowledge of natural building techniques, domestic photovoltaic installations, rainwater catchment, energy auditing, and biomass combustion. His specialty is cooking and heating stoves. Penn holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of Oklahoma and is currently finishing his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University with a thesis on energy flows in biomass cookstoves.

• Joe Dunlay

  Joe specializes in developing lighting solutions for rural villages. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University and is currently finishing his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a thesis on rural lighting solutions for developing economies. Joe is also knowledgeable about techniques to remove mercury from the combustion products of coal-fired power plants.

• Stephen Gent

  Stephen specializes in computational modeling, with an emphasis in modeling multiphase biomass and fibrous flows. He has done extensive work in modeling the flows inside pneumatic conveyance systems, particularly those designed to transport agricultural products. He is currently completing his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University with a dissertation topic of modeling of multiphase flows in agricultural harvesters and biomass feed systems for gasification and fermentation processes.