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Substrate Pyrolysis Database Expansion, Evaluation, and Use

Date Published

October 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

Temperature Sensors Embedded in Paint for Fire Debris Analysis and Arson Scene Investigations

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Development of an Interactive Database of Contemporary Material Properties for Computer Fire Modeling

2019-DU-BX-0018

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$583,545

Design and Testing of a Computational Aid for Fire Debris Data Interpretation

2019-DU-BX-0016

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$321,025

Study of the Impact of Ventilation on Fire Patterns and Electrical System Damage in Single Family Homes Incorporating Modern Construction Practices

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Impact of Flashover Fire Conditions on Exposed Energized Electrical Cords and Cables

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Impact of Fixed Ventilation on Fire Damage Patterns in Full-Scale Structures

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Fire Forensics: Claims and Evidence

Event Dates

April 12, 2019

Location

Online

Event Type

Web

Registration Status

Not Required

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

Post-Blast Explosives Attribution

2018-DU-BX-0193

Declined

Funding First Awarded

2018

$599,738

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), Program/Project Description

Identifying Ignitable Liquids in the Aftermath of a Fire

Date Published

July 2017

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Identifying Ignitable Liquids in the Aftermath of a Fire

Scale Modeling in Fire Reconstruction

Date Published

June 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), 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), 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