Dr. John H Bolte IV is a Professor in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Director of the Injury Biomechanics Research Center (IBRC) at The Ohio State University and an Associate Fellow at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. John H Bolte IV is a Professor in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Director of the Injury Biomechanics Research Center (IBRC) at The Ohio State University and an Associate Fellow at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. A leader in the field of injury biomechanics and an expert in the experimental analysis of human injury tolerance and mechanisms under various loading conditions, he established and serves as the Director of the Injury Biomechanics Research Center (IBRC) at The Ohio State University, a multidisciplinary research center dedicated to investigating relationships between human injury and physical mechanical properties.
Dr. Bolte leads a vast collaborative team comprised of specialists from numerous disciplines including mechanical and biomedical engineering, orthopaedics, physical therapy, anatomy, anthropology, and other medical professions. Special interest is focused in the IBRC on studying occupant safety, with an emphasis on underrepresented and high-risk populations such as pediatrics and elderly persons.
He serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Stapp Car Crash Journal, is an active member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and is the host for the Injury Biomechanics Symposium in Columbus, Ohio every year.
BS, The Ohio State University (Mechanical Engineering), 1998
MS, The Ohio State University (Biomedical Engineering), 2000
PhD, The Ohio State University (Biomedical Engineering, Anatomy-Graduate Minor), 2004
Associate Fellow, Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University
Professor, Center for Automotive Research, The Ohio State University
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
General Chair of the 63rd Stapp Car Crash Conference, 2019
John Paul Stapp Award: The Best Paper of the 62nd Stapp Car Crash Conference, 2019
John Paul Stapp Award: The Best Paper of the 59th Stapp Car Crash Conference, 2016
The Ohio State University Senior Distinguished Investigator Award, 2016
Kang YS, Bolte IV JH, Stammen J, Moorhouse K, Agnew AM. A Novel Approach to Scaling Age-Sex-, and Body Size-Dependent Thoracic Responses Using Structural Properties of Human Ribs. Stapp Car Crash Journal. Vol. 63, 307-329. Nov, 2019.
Trebuchet MS, Stark DB, Willis AK,Eshelman Z, Kang YS, Ramachandra R, Bolte IV JH. Human Response and Injury Resulting from Head Impacts with Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Stapp Car Crash Journal. Vol. 63. Nov, 2019.
Ramachandra R, Kang Y-S, Stammen J, Moorhouse K, Murach M, Bolte IV JH, Agnew AM. Evaluation of skeletal and soft tissue contributions to thoracic response of GHBMC M50-O model in dynamic frontal loading scenarios. International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury (IRCOBI). Paper IRC-19-49, 332-348. Sept, 2019.
Kang Y, Moorhouse K, Bolte IV JH. Head Trajectories of Post Mortem Human Surrogates in Moderate-Speed Rear Impacts. International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury (IRCOBI). Paper IRC-19-22, 102-118. Sept, 2019.
Mansfield JA, Zaragoza-Rivera YN, Baker GH, Bolte IV JH. Evaluation of Interventions to Make Top Tether Hardware More Visible During Child Restraint System (CRS) Installations. Traffic Injury Prevention. 20(5):534-539. April 2019.