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MORNING SESSION

Moderator:  Erin Gould

7:00 am           Registration 

8:10 am           The Use of Advanced 3D Imaging System in Firearms Identification

Rocky Edwards, Santa Ana Police Department - Santa Ana, CA

 

8:25 am           Mirror Effect

Evan Thompson, Arizona DPS Northern Regional Laboratory - Flagstaff, AZ

8:35 am           Virtual Manipulative Tools for Tool Mark Characterization

Dr. Song Zhang, Assistant Professor (Iowa State University) - Ames, IA

8:55 am           Investigating GSR Patterns Using milli-X-Ray Fluorescence Techniques

Rüdiger Schumacher, Forensic Science Institute of the Bundeskriminalamt - Wiesbaden, Germany

9:20 am           MORNING BREAK 

10:00 am         Chamber Marks - A Bridge Linking Application of CMS from Striated Tool Mark to Impressed Tool Mark

Beta Tam, Independent Examiner - Hong Kong

 

10:25 am         An Introduction to the FMK Firearms model 9C1B Pistol

April Wong, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department - Los Angeles, CA

10:35 am        Don't Slip Up on the Slippage

Manuel Muñoz, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department - Los Angeles, CA

10:50 am         An Introduction of the Forensic Science Society Firearms Diploma

Alice Walters, Metropolitan Police Service - London, England

11:05 am          Correlation Algorithm of Conventional and EBIS Polygonal Bullets

Dr. Danny Roberge, Forensic Technology, Inc. - Montreal, Canada

11:30 am        LUNCH                       

AFTERNOON SESSION

Moderator:  Stacey Hartman

1:05 pm          A Fatal SKS Incident

Lucien C. Haag, Independent Examiner - Carefree, AZ

 

1:30 pm          Bullets That Aren't: Their Physical Characteristics and Their Exterior Ballistics Properties

Lucien C. Haag, Independent Examiner - Carefree, AZ
Alexander Jason, Independent Crime Scene Analyst - Pinole, CA

 

2:00 pm          Shooting Dynamics: Elements of Time & Movement in Shooting Incidents

Alexander Jason, Independent Crime Scene Analyst - Pinole, CA

2:30 pm          Afternoon Break - Presentation to Illinois State Police from FTI for 3,000 Hits

Sponsored by Team Fabrication, Inc.
 

3:00 pm         Bullet Signature Identification Using Topography Measurements and Correlations: The Unification of Microscope and Mathematical Comparisons

Wei Chu, NIST Guest Researcher - Gaithersburg, MD
John Song, NIST-Mechanical Metrology Division - Gaithersburg, MD
Robert Thompson, NIST-Office for Law Enforcement Standards - Gaithersburg, MD

   

3:25 pm          Cartridge Case Signature Identification Using Topography Measurements and Correlations: Unification of Microscope and Mathematical Comparisons

Alan Zheng, NIST-Mechanical Metrology Division - Gaithersburg, MD
Robert Thompson, NIST-Office for Law Enforcement Standards - Gaithersburg, MD

4:00 pm          Understanding the Legislative Process as it Relate to the Forensic Reform

Amy Driver, Independent Consultant - Washington, D.C.

4:35 pm          Forensic Examination in Grenade Launchers: Do They Leave Marks Sufficient Enough for Comparison Tests?

Nick Tsiatis, Hellenic Police Department - Athens, Greece

5:05 pm          Why a Bullet Doesn't Behave Like a Rubber Ball - Ricochet on a Hard Surface

Thomas Liebsher, Forensic Science Institute of the Bundeskriminalamt - Wiesbaden, Germany

5:30 pm          AFTE History

Charles Meyers, The 2nd President of AFTE (1970-1971)

5:20 pm          Raffle Drawings

6:00 pm          Poster Session

Sponsored by ScannBI, LTD

 

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