University of Delaware
Office of Public Relations
UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 22, March 6, 1997



                Cooperative high-tech agreement signed

     The University played host to Fraunhofer Day-Delaware
'97 in Clayton Hall on Feb. 19.
     An international leader in the invention of industrial
technology, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft operates 47 institutes
in Germany and in 1995, served more than 1,400 industrial
customers, including 250 from foreign countries.
     Fraunhofer USA operates centers throughout the United
States and Canada, and in August 1996, the Fraunhofer
Resource Center-Delaware (FRC-DE) was established as part of
the state's Advanced Technology Center initiative to
increase the competitiveness of small- and medium-sized
businesses in the region through commercialization and
applied research.
     The organization is co-directed by Harald Eifert and
Karl V. Steiner, who also serves as executive director of
UD's Center for Composite Materials. The FRC-DE is located
in the Delaware Technology Park in Newark.
     At the conference last week, several directors and
representatives of Fraunhofer USA presented their expertise
and met with prospective customers. More than 120 conference
participants also had contact with partnering organizations,
including the College of Engineering.
     Gov. Thomas R. Carper addressed the conference during
the luncheon/poster session.
     Shown at a ceremony signing separate, cooperative
agreements between Fraunhofer USA and the University of
Delaware and with Delaware Technical & Community College are
(from left, seated) Del Tech President Orlando George, and
UD President David P. Roselle (from left, standing) Frank
Treppe, vice president, Fraunhofer USA; UD executive
director Karl V. Steiner; and Hans D. Kunze, Fraunhofer
director for applied materials research.