Dr. Karl V. SteinerAssociate Provost for Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Delaware
203 Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
Phone: (302) 831-6703
FAX: (302) 831-0132
E-mail: ksteiner@udel.edu
Web Site: http://www.dbi.udel.edu/visual.html
Education
Dr.-Ing., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany: 1995
Master of Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware: 1989
Dipl.-Ing., Information Technologies, University of Applied Sciences, Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Germany 1983
Biography:
Dr. Karl V. Steiner is the Associate Provost for Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives 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.
In his current position, Steiner is working closely with faculty leaders to develop and support high-profile, interdisciplinary research initiatives, especially in the areas of health sciences, energy, and the environment, as identified in the University's Path to Prominence" strategic plan.
Steiner joined the University of Delaware in 1984 and has served in leadership roles in numerous major multidisciplinary programs funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the State of Delaware, foundations and the private sector. He has been instrumental in securing close to $100 million in externally funded programs for University and statewide initiatives.
Prior to his current position in the Research Office, he was the founding Associate Director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI) from 2000 to 2008. As a key member of the DBI Leadership Team he oversaw the growth of the institute from a concept into a thriving, $150 Million Institute with a state-of-the-art laboratory that houses almost 200 researchers. Steiner also led the initiative of building a statewide network of academic and clinical institutions to develop a thriving life sciences community in the state of Delaware.
Prior to joining DBI, Dr. Steiner 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. This initial Center has since evolved into the Fraunhofer Center for Molecular Biotechnology.
Since 2001, Dr. Steiner has served as the Program Coordinator of the NIH-NCRR funded IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) a statewide partnership among Delaware's academic and medical institutions, to develop a competitive and sustainable biomedical research capability. He is also a Co-Principal Investigator for the NSF–EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Program, with a focus on building a research and education infrastructure to enhance environmental science and its application in Delaware. Since 2006, Steiner represents Delaware on the Board of the EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation. Throughout his career, he has led and coordinated numerous major multi-disciplinary programs, among them several Centers of Excellence for the Department of Defense.
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.
Steiner has contributed over 70 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, and has given many research seminars and presentations at international conferences, academic institutions and industrial sites across the world.
Steiner has advised and co-advised 22 Ph.D. and master's students, and more than 40 senior theses by undergraduate students from the U.S. and abroad. He has been instrumental in establishing several successful exchange programs with the German Carl Duisberg Society and other academic institutions that have enabled more than 30 exchange students from across Europe to conduct a part of their research education in Delaware.
