University teaching of Geography and
Mapping: 1972 – 2003
(Retired)
Biomass energy consulting:
2001 – Present
Specialist in small gasification cookstoves and furnaces using chip-type biomass.
Residence:
227 South Orr Drive, Normal, IL 61761 Tel:
(309) 452-7072
E-mail: psanders@ilstu.edu
Born
September 1943; Married;
Four Children; 6 ft.;
175 lbs.
Website home page: www.ilstu.edu/~psanders
B.A.
1965 Augustana
College (IL), Biology.
M.A.
1972 Univ. of
California, Berkeley, Geography.
Graduate
Diploma 1971 CIAF- ITC Bogotá, Colombia, Photointerpretation for geology and
geomorphology.
Ph.D. 1979 Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia, Demography (migration studies).
1965
- 66 Asst. supervisor, day-care center, Lima,
Peru.
1967
- 69 U.S. Army, Vietnam 9/67 - 9/68.
1972
- 74 Teaching Fellow, Geography, Univ. of New
England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
1974
- 77 Lecturer,
Applied Geography, Canberra College of Advanced Education, Canberra, A.C.T.,
Australia.
1978
- 82 Asst.
Prof., Geography, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.
1982
- 2003 Asst./Assoc. Prof.,
Geography, Illinois State University (ISU), Normal, Illinois, USA.
02/92 - 07/92 Fulbright Professor of Geog., UNESP (São Paulo State University)-Rio Claro campus.
08/99 - 07/00 Fulbright Professor of Geography, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo, Mozambique.
7/01 to 6/03 Rotary
University Teacher Grantee totaling 12 months, Univ. Pedagogica, Maputo,
Mozambique
2001
-- Independent consultant and product developer for biomass energy from
gasification.
2006
-- Co-Founder
of Chip Energy, Vice-President for R&D, Goodfield, Illinois
Foreign
Languages: Professional level
fluency in Portuguese, and very good command of Spanish.
International
residence and employment for 20 years on five continents.
Grants
Received: Total = approx. $200,000.
3
thesis; 4 books; 59 other publications and reviews; 110 academic presentations.
Full academic CV is at: http://lilt.ilstu.edu/psanders
Creator
and developer of clean-burning cookstoves:
(some with co-workers Dr.Thomas B. Reed or Paul W. Wever.)
Juntos-B stove.
A forced-air T-LUD gasifier.
(T-LUD = Top-Lit UpDraft)
Champion stove. A
natural-draft T-LUD gasifier. Winner
of the Stove Camp 2005 “Cat Pee” award.
Lily stove. An
ethanol/methanol burner of extremely low cost.
Macula stove and heater. A
forced-air continuous feed updraft gasifier.
Chip Energy Model 1024 furnace. An
updraft gasifier for residential heating.
Active
with the key Internet Listservs for stoves and gasification, plus participation
in numerous conferences.
See http://bioenergylists.org/contributors#Paul_Anderson for several items, including a
key presentation with co-author Thomas B. Reed:
“Biomass
Gasification: Clean Residential
Stoves, Commercial Power Generation, and Global Impacts.”
Presented at
the LAMNET Project International Workshop on “Bioenergy for a Sustainable
Development,” 8-10 Nov 2004, Viña del Mar, Chile.