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Experimental and numerical investigations for the prediction of depth of calcination of gypsum plasterboards under fire exposure

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Date Published

August 2025

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Materials and Products Database - Technical Reference Guide

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Date Published

April 2023

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Reference Material

Arson Investigation and Prosecution - A Study of Four Major American Cities

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Date Published

1983

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Investigation of Water Effect on Ignitable Liquid Residue Analysis by Coupling Solid-Phase Microextraction with Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry

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Date Published

2024

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Thesis/Dissertation

Detection of Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris by Using Direct Analysis in RealTime Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS)

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Date Published

2024

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Application of Self-Organizing Maps to the Analysis of Ignitable Liquid and Substrate Pyrolysis Samples

Journal

Separations

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Date Published

2018

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Effect of Uncertainty in Calibration Data on Burning Rate Predictions

Journal

Fire Safety Journal

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Date Published

February 2024

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Model-effects on Likelihood Ratios for Fire Debris Analysis

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

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Date Published

2018

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Analyst and machine learning opinions in fire debris analysis

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

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Date Published

2023

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of Uncertainty in Direct Measurement for Parameterization of Pyrolysis Models, Part I: Thermal Analysis

Journal

Fire Safety Journal

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Date Published

December 2023

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Concentration of ignitable liquid residue from simulated fire debris by dynamic vapor microextraction: Sensitivity to instrument settings and debris characteristics

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

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Date Published

September 2023

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Experimental and numerical investigations for the development and validation of thermo-chemistry models and property databases for selected wall lining materials under fire exposure

15PNIJ-23-GG-04204-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$290,289

Comprehensive Evaluation of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Ignitable Liquids for Fire Debris Applications

15PNIJ-23-GG-04231-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$262,678

Forensic Mass Spectrometry: Scientific and Legal Precedents

Journal

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

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Date Published

June 2023

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Experimental data from compartment fires with gas burner and upholstered furniture fuels

Journal

Data in Brief

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Date Published

April 2023

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Class-conditional feature modeling for ignitable liquid classification with substantial substrate contribution in fire debris analysis

Journal

Forensic Science International

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Date Published

2015

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Sampling and recovery of ignitable liquid residues (ILRs) from fire debris using capillary microextraction of volatiles (CMV) for on-site analysis

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Date Published

January 2023

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Investigating Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Gasoline at Elevated Temperatures for Fire Debris Applications

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Date Published

2022

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Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Convolutional Neural Network Applications in Fire Debris Classification

Journal

Chemosensors

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Date Published

September 2022

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Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Enhanced Ignitable Liquid and Substrate Database Functionality for Improved Casework and Research.

15PNIJ-22-GG-04421-SLFO

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2022

$289,496

Investigating the Impacts of Architectural Finishes on Fire Patterns in Support of Developing Data-driven Tools for Pattern Analysis

15PNIJ-22-GG-04442-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$531,257

FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN MEDIUM RANGE IGNITABLE LIQUIDS AND THE USE OF GRAPHICAL DISPLAY TO DEMONSTRATE DATA SUFFICIENCY

15PNIJ-22-GG-03577-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$141,921

Forensic Fire Death Investigation: Investigating the Effects of Body Mass and Decomposition Sequence on Fire Burn Speed and Patterns and the Development of Performance Standards

15PNIJ-22-GG-04408-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$1,087,985

Development of CFAST Based Fire Simulation Toolkit for Fire Investigators

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Date Published

2022

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Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Examination of the Use of Fire Dynamics Analysis Techniques with Furniture Fueled Fires

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Date Published

2021

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Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)