Boster, Kobayashi & Associates
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59 Rickenbacker Circle
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Office: (925) 447-6495
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P.O. Box 2049
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Fax: (925) 447-6589
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Livermore, CA 94551-2049
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Ted Kobayashi
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Curriculum Vitae
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EDUCATION:
M.S. (Physics), University of Illinois, 1967
B.S. U.S. Military Academy, 1964
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PRESENT POSITION: 1985 to present
Partner of Boster, Kobayashi & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in the technical aspects of accident
reconstruction and highway design. Typical assignments involve the application of the Laws of Physics and the
Principles of Safety Engineering to accident reconstruction.
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PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
U.S. Army: 1964-1984
Field Command Defense Nuclear Agency: 1979-1984
Liaison Detachment Commander at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory specializing in Theater
Nuclear Weapons Safety, Security and Survivability. Member of Joint Department of Energy and
Department of Defense Project Development Team for Army Nuclear Weapons.
U.S. Army Engineer District, Japan: 1976-1979
Deputy District Engineer for district involved in $100 million construction program funded by U.S. and
Japanese Governments.
U.S. Military Academy: 1973-1976
Instructor and Associate Professor, Department of Physics.
554th Engineer Battalion Vietnam: 1971
Operations Officer for battalion activities which included operating a rock quarry, three rock crushers, an
asphalt plant, and designing and constructing a major highway.
Defense Intelligence Agency: 1968-1970
Research and Development Coordinator.
U.S. Army Support Thailand: 1967-1968
Staff Engineer responsible for major highway designs, and design and construction of a 5,000
526th Engineer Company, Korea: 1965
Company Commander of bridge company with panel and float bridges, 33 5-ton dump trucks and other
major engineer equipment.
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SPECIAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Licensed Professional Engineer – Virginia
Chaired Joint Department of Energy/Department of Defense study groups addressing safety aspects of an
Army Nuclear Weapon System under development.
Engineer basic and advanced courses, Ft. Belvoir, VA.
Microcomputer Application Programs for Traffic Accident Investigation - The Traffic Institute, Northwestern
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PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
“Rear-End Impact Testing with Human Test Subjects,”
SAE 2001-01-0168, SAE World Congress, Detroit, March 2001
Shock Mitigation in Vehicle Accident Reconstruction,
by T.A. Boster and T.M. Kobayashi.
Seat Belt Induced Quadriplegia
by V. Lieskovsky, E.S. Date, and T.M. Kobayashi
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