Dr. Karl V. SteinerAssociate Director
Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Delaware Technology Park
15 Innovation Way
Newark, DE 19711
Phone: (302) 831-6703
FAX: (302) 831-4841
E-mail: steiner@dbi.udel.edu
Web Site: http://www.dbi.udel.edu/visual.html
Education
Dr.-Ing., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany: 1995
M.EE, University of Delaware: 1989
Biography:
Dr. Karl V. Steiner is the Associate Director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute at the University of Delaware and a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Dr. Steiner received his Engineering Doctorate from the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany, his Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Delaware and completed his undergraduate degree in Information Technologies in Braunschweig, Germany.
Dr. Steiner joined the University of Delaware in 1984. Prior to joining DBI in 2000, he served as the Executive Director of the University of Delaware Center for Composite Materials, an interdisciplinary research center in the College of Engineering, and one of the foremost academic research centers in its field. From 1996 to 1998 he was the Founding Executive Director of the Fraunhofer USA – Resource Center Delaware, a subsidiary of the German Fraunhofer Society, one of the largest non-profit applied research organizations in the world.
Dr. Steiner is currently the Program Coordinator of the NIH-NCRR funded IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) and serves as Director of the Bioinformatics Center under the INBRE program. He is also the Co-Principal Investigator for the NSF–EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Program with a focus on Complex Environmental Systems and Ecosystem Health. In his previous positions, he has led and coordinated numerous major multi-disciplinary programs, among them several Department of Defense supported Centers of Excellence.
Dr. Steiner has over twenty years of research experience in image enhancement and visualization methodologies. Much of his earlier research was focused on nondestructive evaluation and image analysis of engineered structures, such as aircraft wings, automotive panels, bridge structures, and hip implants. His current research interests are in the area of interactive immersive visualization methodologies for the life sciences, primarily in complex multi-variant data analysis and in biomedical imaging with a focus on virtual surgery simulations. In 2003, Dr. Steiner was recognized for his work on visualization in the life sciences as a Computerworld Honors Laureate during a reception at San Francisco's City Hall.
Dr. Steiner has contributed over 50 technical publications in international journals and conference proceedings related to manufacturing science, nondestructive evaluation, computer visualization, and image analysis methodologies. He has served as conference and session chair in numerous technical conferences and workshops and as reviewer for several journals focused on composite materials and nondestructive testing. He has given many research seminars and presentations at international conferences and countless talks and lectures at industrial sites and academic institutions across the world.
