Dr. Rosalie R. Connell, PhD

Dr. Rosalie Connell attended The Ohio State University for her graduate studies in biomedical engineering for the opportunity to work in the Injury Biomechanics Research Center (IBRC) and with her advisor, Julie Mansfield, PhD, who is also an alum of BME's PhD program. At the IBRC, Dr. Connell’s research focuses on making kids’ safer in motor vehicle crashes by studying what influences how they use safety seats and how restraint systems might be improved to provide better protection. A Dean’s Distinguished University Fellow, Connell received additional funding from the Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies to study kids’ posture in booster seats using novel applications of pressure mats and sensors. Her recognitions include the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury’s Murray Mackay Young Researcher Award, first place in the Engineering Oral/Talk category at Ohio State’s 2024 Hayes Advanced Research Forum and the College of Engineering’s 2024 Outstanding Leader in Ohio State Shared Values Award. Dr. Connell is also the first Ohio State engineer awarded the Schweitzer Fellowship, which provided $3,000 for her work to address counterfeit and secondary market child restraint system use in Columbus.

Dr. Connell is currently a mechanical engineering faculty member at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.