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Major Chemical Compounds in the Ignitable Liquids Reference Collection and Substrate Databases

Date Published

September 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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NIJ-Sponsored

The effect of uncertainty in calibration data on burning rate predictions

Date Published

February 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Model-effects on Likelihood Ratios for Fire Debris Analysis

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of uncertainty in direct measurement for parameterization of pyrolysis models, Part I: Thermal analysis

Date Published

December 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

September 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

June 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

April 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

January 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Convolutional Neural Network Applications in Fire Debris Classification

Date Published

September 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

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

15PNIJ-22-GG-04421-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$289,496

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

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A Foundational Study of Fire Debris Interpretation Using Quantitative Measures of Chromatographic Features with the Application of ACE-V Methodology

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Development of an Extraction Technique for Ignitable Liquid Residues (ILR) in the Field using Capillary Microextraction of Volatiles (CMV) and Person-Portable GC-MS

Date Published

February 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Fire Pattern Repeatability: A Study in Uncertainty

Date Published

2011

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Measuring Evaporation Rate Constants of Highly Volatile Compounds and Investigating the Effect of Interface on a Kinetic Model Applied to Forensic Fire Debris

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Effects of Household Substrates on the Evaporation of Ignitable Liquids at Temperatures up to 210℃

Date Published

March 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored