AFTE Store - Training Seminar USB AFTE 2025 – Anaheim, CA

2025 AFTE Training Conference TOC
1 – 2025 Keynote Speaker
Matt Murphy, Legal analyst for ABC News
2 – AFTE 2026 Baltimore, Maryland Meeting Invitation
Haley Runaldue, Baltimore Police Department
3 – CTS Investigation Committee Update
James Carroll, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Andy Smith, San Francisco Police Department Crime Laboratory
Rebecca Smith, Michigan State Police
Todd Weller, Weller Forensics
Ed Wallace, Forensic Access
4 – Machine Gun Conversion Devices and Their Effects on Fired Cartridge Cases: Blade Size Matters
James Garrett Smith, Richland County Sheriff’s Department Forensic Sciences Laboratory
5 – OSAC Background, Information, and Update
Todd Weller, Weller Forensics
Andy Smith, San Francisco Police Department Crime Laboratory
6 – ASB Consensus Body Update
Jennifer Floyd – Arkansas State Crime Laboratory
7 – AFTE Website Update
Jill Therriault – New Hampshire State Police Forensic Laboratory
8 – NIST Foundations Review and the Treatment of Inconclusive Opinions
Steven Lund – National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
9 – A Multi-Laboratory Examination of Metal Injection Molded Breech Face Inserts
Joseph Vandenburgh – Nassau County Office of the ME Division of Forensic Services
10 – Conclusion-Grounded Opinions vs Evidence-Grounded Opinions
Todd Weller, Weller Forensics
11 – Scientific Advancement Committee Panel Discussion
Zak Carr, Cadre Forensics
Derrick McClarin, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Aaron Brudenel, Arizona Department of Public Safety
Dave Curtis, Corpus Christi Police Department
Kathy Geil, Sandstone Forensics, LLC
Justine Kreso, Onondaga County Center for Forensic Sciences
Doug Lancon, Montana Department of Justice Forensic Science Division
Chris Monturo, Hamilton County Coroner’s Office
Richard Rotella, Dallas Police Department
Jaimie Smith, Prince George’s County Police Department
12 – Five Million Cartridge Case Comparisons: Supporting the Foundational Principle of Firearm Toolmark Identification
Ryan Lilien, Cadre Forensics
Zak Carr, Cadre Forensics
13 – The LoPoint: Endurance of a 3D-Printed Hybrid Firearm
Kirk Garrison, San Bernadino County Sheriff’s Department
14 – Investigations of Firearms with 3D-Printed Parts – MIX3D
Carola Leva, Bundeskriminalamt
15 – Quantitative Measurement of Toolmark on Bone: Intra- and Inter-Observer Variability Assessment
Mohammad AlShamsi, Dubai Police
16 – The Tube – Shooting Accident or Something Else?
Axle Manthei, CartWinPro
17 – Measuring the Strength of Support of Firearms Comparisons
Kimberly Zeller, Houston Forensic Science Center
18 – Texas Forensic Science Commission Complaint 21.27 (Nanon Williams Report) and the Development of the Texas Firearms Task Group
Steven Aston, Austin Forensic Science Department
Kimberly Zeller, Houston Forensic Science Center
19 – NIST Validation Principles and Tools
Steven Lund, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
20 – Validation of the Cadre Forensics TopMatch 3D Triaging Algorithm
Alexander Luby, Unified Forensic Laboratory
21 – Forensic Audio Gunshot Analysis
Steven Beck, Beck Audio Forensics
22 – Axial Engraving Marks for Identification
Alexander Belt, Missouri State Highway Patrol
23 – Inexpensive IR Photography as a First Step in GSR Deposit Tests
Luke Haag, Forensic Science Services, Inc.
24 – Quantitative Assessment of Barrel Wear from Solid Copper Bullets
Eric Law, University of Central Oklahoma
25 – Examination of Glock Marksman Barrels
Jack McKeon, Federal Bureau of Investigation
26 – Shots in the Dark: An Officer-Involved Shooting Incident Reconstruction
Alexander Jason, ANITE Group
27 – Crime Scene Investigation and Shooting Incident Reconstruction: What’s Missed Can Sometimes Be Found
Mike Haag, Forensic Science Consultants
28 – Squibbed Cartridge Case on the Ground, Bullet in the Bore, Live Round in the Chamber. There’s a Story Here.
Luke Haag, Forensic Science Services, Inc.
29 – Factors Influencing Ballistic Identification Systems Effectiveness
Lehi Sudy dos Santos, National Forensic Institute – Federal Police of Brazil
30 – It is the Bullet That Kills! Rare Case of Identification of a Modified Blank Gun by Studying Toolmarks on the Bullet
Dr. Benedetta Pia De Luca, University of Bari
31 – Close Non-Matches and Database Searches
Blanca Parker, Iowa State University
32 – Supporting a Crime Scene Analysis Using Quantum 3D Microscope Probabilistic Approach
Danny Roberge, LeadsOnLine
33 – Virtual Comparison Microscopy (VCM) Quality Control Check Standard Selection
Mike Beddow, Phoenix Police Department Crime Laboratory
34 – The Scope and the Meaning of the Phrase “Fired in the Same Firearm”
Srini Rathinam, Los Angeles Police Department
35 – Thinking outside the Box: Forensic Analysis of Corrugated Packaging
Shing Min Lim, Health Sciences Authority of Singapore
36 – Barrel Making in a Bucket: Privately Manufactured Firearm Electro Chemically Machined Firearms Barrel
Shane Staniek, Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit
37 – New Perspective of an Event Using Frame-By-Frame Analysis of Video Footage
Lior Nedivi, Advanced Forensic Science Services
38 – Strategies for Strengthening Firearm Opinion Testimony
Marguerite Rizzo, Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office
39 – Breech Face Marks Due to Varying Pressures Created by Changing Bullet Weights
Conor Sichler, Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office Laboratory of Forensic Services