Dr. Karl V. Steiner serves as the Vice President for Research and holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).
Dr. Steiner joined UMBC in September 2013, continuing a successful research and administrative career spanning three decades at the University of Delaware (UD).

Dr. Steiner is building on UMBC's vibrant, interdisciplinary and collaborative culture supporting research, scholarship and creative activities. Major research foci at UMBC are focused on Environmental Sciences and Engineering, especially Atmospheric Physics, Remote Sensing and Contaminant Remediation; on Life Sciences, including Marine Biotechnology and Health Sciences, and on Information Systems, with special focus on Cybersecurity, Big Data and Health IT.
Recent results include academic leadership on a major, joint USM-MITRE award from NIST for the creation of a 25-year, multi-billion Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), focused on non-defense cybersecurity concerns; a new research partnership between UMBC and the US Naval Academy on Cybersecurity; successful renewal awards of three Cooperative Research Centers with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center valued at over $130 million; strategic alignment to support sustainable research partnerships between UMBC and the University of Maryland, Baltimore; and strengthening of UMBC's international partnerships on cybersecurity with institutions in Europe, India and Japan.

Throughout his career, Dr. Steiner has dedicated his strategic efforts on creating institutional capacity by developing sustainable and mutually beneficial partnerships. Before joining UMBC, he has been instrumental in securing and leading over $150 Million in externally funded research and infrastructure programs supporting institutional, statewide and regional initiatives in Delaware.
Dr. Steiner received his Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany, his Master's degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Delaware and completed his Engineering Diploma in Electrical Engineering & Information Technologies at the Technical University Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel - now Ostfalia - in Germany.
Dr. Steiner has contributed over 85 technical publications to international journals and conference proceedings, has advised or co-advised 23 Ph.D. and master's students, and over 40 senior theses completed by undergraduate students.