Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes

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Improving and Evaluating Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Investigation of Fatalities Involving Suspected Head Trauma

2016-DN-BX-0173

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$714,891

Identification of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin as a novel candidate trigger for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

2016-DN-BX-0176

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$546,721

Evaluation of The Use of A Contactless, Three-Dimensional Scanner for Collecting Postmortem Fingerprints from Unidentified Human Remains

2016-DN-BX-0180

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$591,262

Differences in Cannabis Impairment and its Measurement Due to Route of Administration

2016-DN-BX-0193

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$1,209,914

Development of a Quantifiable Confirmatory Test to Detect Fly Artifacts Contaminating Bloodstain Evidence

2016-DN-BX-0181

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$154,521

Determination of Material Property Input Data for Fire Modeling

2016-DN-BX-0185

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$548,877

Advanced Scan Matching, Scalable Search, and Visualization Tools for the Analysis of 3D Scans of Cartridge Casings in Firearm Forensics

2016-DN-BX-0182

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$204,725

The Evaluation of Alternative Sample Preparation Techniques for Use in Forensic Laboratories

2016-DN-BX-0192

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$787,719

Rapid Extraction of Sperm from Sexual Assault Kits

2016-DN-BX-0161

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$209,408

A Comprehensive Test of the Methods and Models Used to Assign Geographic Origin to Human Skeletal Remains With Stable Isotope Data

2016-DN-BX-0157

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$268,648

Novel Quantitative Microscopy of Wet-Powdered Latent Fingermarks of Different Ages

2016-DN-BX-0195

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$330,007

Skull fracture patterns from head impact in infants

2016-DN-BX-0160

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$590,938

Investigating upper thermal limits of forensically important blow flies to improve testimony in forensic entomology

2016-DN-BX-0204

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$540,545

Novel concept for fingerprint analysis

2016-DN-BX-0188

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$235,894

ICPUTRD: Image Cloud Platform for Use in Tagging and Research on Decomposition

2016-DN-BX-0179

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$327,372

Shooting Distance Determination: Identifying Variables Affecting Lead Density on a Target

2016-DN-BX-0184

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$112,317

Fluvial Transport of Human Remains: Forensic Application of a HEC-RAS Model for Predicting Search Parameters for Human Remains Recovered from the Sacramento River, CA

2016-DN-BX-0159

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2016

$866,896

Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment

2016-DN-BX-0154

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$682,474

Forensic Body Fluid Identification Using Microbiome Signature Attribution

2016-DN-BX-0151

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$443,598

Chasing the Electronic Cigarette Dragon - Characterizing the Evolution and Impact of Design and Content

2016-DN-BX-0150

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$139,233

Enhancing and Sustaining the ALFRED-FROG-KB Forensic Resource

2016-DN-BX-0162

Open

Funding First Awarded

2016

$1,062,736

Evaluation of Sample Preparation Techniques for Matrix Effects and Absolute Recovery Using UPLC-MS/MS Using Opiates and Liver Tissue Specimens as the Model and Application to Post-Mortem Toxicology

2016-DN-BX-0148

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$91,017

Synthesis, Spectroscopy and Pharmacology of Emerging Synthetic Opioids

2016-R2-CX-0059

Open

Funding First Awarded

2016

$618,790

Establishing a Rank Order for Skeletal Element Sampling: Examining Differential DNA Yield Rates Among and Between Buried Human Skeletal Elements as Compared to Surface Recovered Skeletal Elements

2016-DN-BX-0178

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$270,616

Dried Blood Spot Analysis as an Emerging Technology for Application in Forensic Toxicology

Date Published

June 2016

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