Peter Schubert, Ph.D., P.E.

Senior Director, Research and Development

Dr. Peter J. Schubert is a registered Professional Engineer (Electrical and Computer Engineering) with over 25 years experience ranging from microelectronics, digital signal processing, systems engineering, alternative energy research, space-based manufacturing, and industrial consulting.

Peter worked 8 years on the factory floor, designing and introducing $2,400,000 in custom process equipment for semiconductor manufacturing. He has a strong background in statistical process control, quality engineering, electrical test, yield improvement and scrap reduction ($4M reduction in 1 year!), including a Green Belt in the Six-Sigma methodology.  As a Systems Engineer and Technical Fellow at Delphi Electronics & Safety, Peter developed and validated computer algorithms for crash sensing and occupant detection.  His algorithms are currently used in vehicles on three continents.

Dr. Schubert has over 30 US Patents granted (8 in Europe), and more than 60 technical publications.  He is an instructor with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), teaching courses in algorithms and model based electronics design.  He has taught various aspects of electrical, computer, and systems engineering to over 1000 people world-wide.

Dr. Schubert is the Principal Investigator on a Phase II NASA program for the extraction of silicon and oxygen from lunar soil, processes based on 3 of his granted US Patents.  He is the PI for $1,240,000 in state and federal grants on a program to convert organic biomass into power, heat, and fertilizer.  He is a technical leader in additional research projects for the DOE, the Marine Corps, and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences.  Peter’s invention of the “hydrogen sponge” is the subject of a User Grant at Argonne National Lab, and is part of a $1,500,000 Congressional Appropriation on a means by which municipalities can convert their collected landscape trimmings into fuels for city fleet vehicles.  Dr. Schubert joined Packer Engineering in 2006 as a member of the R&D Team.  He is available now for consulting, training, and technical support.