Fire Forensics: Claims and Evidence
Event Dates
Location
Online
,
Event Type
Web
Registration Status
Not Required
Arson
Post-Blast Explosives Attribution
2018-DU-BX-0193
Declined
Funding First Awarded
2018
$599,738
Characterization and Analysis of Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Signatures and Debris
2018-MU-BX-0004
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$635,430
Investigating Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Gasoline at Elevated Temperatures for Fire Debris Applications
2018-DU-BX-0225
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$466,769
A FOUNDATIONAL STUDY OF FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES WITH THE APPLICATION OF ACE-V METHODOLOGY
2018-DU-BX-0174
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$176,490
Development of CFAST Based Fire Simulation Toolkit for Fire Investigators
2018-R2-CX-0032
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$487,386
Evaluation of Field-Portable GC-MS with SPME Sample Collection for Investigator Use at Fire Scenes
Event Dates
Location
Online
,
Event Type
Symposium
Expanding the Smokeless Powder Database
Date Published
December 3, 2017
Researchers expanded the National Center for Forensic Science Smokeless Powders Database from 100 to more than 800 entries.
Development and Implementation of a Fire Debris Inference Validation Database: Moving to Probabilistic Statements of the Strength of the Evidence
2017-IJ-CX-0023
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$496,976
Examination of the Use of Fire Dynamics Analysis Techniques With Furniture Fueled Fires
2017-DN-BX-0163
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$570,790
Electrochemical Paper-based Sensors for the Trace Detection of Explosives Compounds in a Crime Scene
2017-DN-BX-0172
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2017
$229,923
Extended Development, Verification, and Validation of a Blast Dynamics Simulator for Post-Blast Forensic Investigations
2017-R2-CX-0009
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$46,094
Characterizing Smoke Dispersion Using Salt-Water Modeling
Date Published
August 2013
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Identifying Ignitable Liquids in the Aftermath of a Fire
Date Published
July 2017
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Scale Modeling in Fire Reconstruction
Date Published
June 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Degraded Ignitable Liquids Database: An Applied Study of Weathering and Bacterial Degradation on the Chromatographic Patterns of ASTM E 1618 Ignitable Liquid Classes
Date Published
December 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Determination of Material Property Input Data for Fire Modeling
2016-DN-BX-0185
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$548,877
Lightweight Impact-Resistant and Flame-Retardant Materials: Lessons from Biology
2016-R2-CX-0015
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$48,391
Personal Telemetry Using Wireless Body Area Networks
2016-R2-CX-0014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$47,783
Temperature Sensors Embedded in Paint for Fire Debris Analysis and Arson Scene Investigations
2015-DN-BX-K073
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$517,243
2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program
2015-CD-BX-0001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$85,940
Nevada Forensic Science Improving Quality through Education
2015-CD-BX-0058
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$66,679
Study of the Impact of Ventilation on Fire Patterns and electrical system Damage in Single Family Homes Incorporating Modern Construction Practices
2015-DN-BX-K052
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$999,081
Substrate Pyrolysis Database Expansion, Evaluation and Use
2015-DN-BX-K051
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$396,719