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Peter Rothschild

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AWARD WINNER 2016


Dr Peter Rothschild is the Co-founder & Chief Technical Officer of Heuresis Corporation. Prior to that, he was the longtime Chief Scientist and Director of Research and Development at American Science and Engineering Inc.

Peter earned an Honors Degree in Physics from the Australian National University and a Ph.D. in Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An expert in computer simulations and IP strategy and management, he is the inventor of Scatter Attenuation Tomography (SAT) and other novel x-ray inspection technologies. Peter is the inventor or co-inventor of more than 38 patents.

Peter is a leading innovator – he has disrupted and helped progress the security industry with his research and efforts around the x-ray sector. He is an innovator in both his thinking and as a result his field.


Winner of the Advance Advanced Manufacturing Award for 2016
> Celebrating the work of winner Peter Rothschild | Watch
> Acceptance speech by Peter Rothschild | Watch

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