AFTE Store - Training Seminar USB AFTE 2022- Atlanta, GA

Firearms Admissibility Issues (Keynote)
Jim Agar, Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.)

United States v. Refinal Miller: 0 to Daubert in 24 Hours
Arthur Andrade, Miami-Dade Police Department

An Empirical Study of the Glock Marking Barrel (GMB)
Edward Burek, New Jersey State Police
Stephen M. Deady, Delaware State Police

Case Study: Rubber Buckshot Tissue Penetration Ability
Dijana Coric, Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory

Effect of Manufacturer Finishing Methods on Subclass Characteristics Production on Breech Faces
Veronica Franklin, West Virginia University

80% Firearms Kits
Kirk Garrison, San Bernadino County Sheriff’s Department

The Capital Gazette Newsroom Shooting
Edward Gesser, Anne Arundel County Firearms Examination Unit

Two Wildlife Case Examples
Deborah Gillis, Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory

Lead Isotope & Elemental Analysis to Associate Evidence Lifts, Bullet Fragments, and Bullets using MC-IP-MS and Q-ICP-MS
Dr. Gwyneth Gordon, Arizona State University

Forensic Firearms ID Applied to Battlefield Archeology
Lucian Haag, Forensic Science Services, Inc.

AFTE Scholarship & Evaluation of Glock Aperture Shear Mark Individuality Based on 1,632 Different Pistols by Traditional Pattern Matching and IBIS Pattern Recognition
Jim Hamby, Indiana State Police (Ret.)

Pressure Factors in Cartridge Case Comparisons
James A. Hamilton, West Virginia University

2021- 2022 In Memoriam
AFTE Sickness & Distress Committee

Assessing the Thermal Stability of Toolmarks Casting Materials Through Optical Comparison Microscopy, Virtual Comparison Microscopy, and Quantitative Similarity Scores
Kai Yuan Yeoh, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore

Evaluation of Muzzle-to-Target Distance Estimation by Machine Learning
Mike Kulsluski, Pennsylvania State University

The Effects of Car Tires on Bullet Performance and the Potential Danger to Bystanders
Xiao Shan Law, New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center

Case Study of a High-Profile Death Investigation
Michael Lee, Michigan State Police

Firing Pin Imaging and Analysis in VCM
Zachary Carr, Total Quality Forensics
Ryan Lilien, Cadre Forensics

Results of the 3D Virtual Isolated Pairs (VIP) Study
Zachary Carr, Total Quality Forensics
Ryan Lilien, Cadre Forensics

The Impossible Shot: Reconstruction of Fatal Hunting Accident
Axel Manthei, Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt

Preliminary Results from a Blind Testing Program in Firearms Examination
Maddisen Neuman, Houston Forensic Science Center

Identification of Toolmarks Present on Additive Manufactured Components
Corey Scott, Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory Division

NIBIN/CGIC Program at the SFPD Crime Laboratory
Andy Smith, San Francisco Police Department

3D Technology Working Group Update
Erich Smith, Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory Division

OSAC Update
Andy Smith, San Francisco Police Department
Erica Lawton, Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences

FBI Laboratory Response to the Declaration Regarding Firearms and Toolmark Error Rates Field in Illinois v. Winfield
Erich Smith, Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory Division
Michael Smith, Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory Division

Virtual Image Standard (VIS) for Performance Evaluation of the Congruent Matching Cell (CMC) Algorithms in Firearm Evidence Identification
John Song, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Shooting Incidents in the Film & TV Industry: The Firearm Examiners Role and Analysis of Such Evidence
Pete Striupaitis, Independent Forensic Consultant

Unpublished Research Subcommittee Update
Eric Warren, SEP Forensic Consultants

The Relevance of Current Forensic Firearm Examination Techniques when Applied to 3D Printed Firearms
Zara Ellen Wenzinger, Duquesne University

Virtual Peer Review: The Realities of Remote Verification
R.T. Wyant, Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory
Brian Smelser, Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory

Keep AFTE Weird, AFTE 2023, Austin, TX
Kim Zeller, Houston Forensic Science Center
Stephen Aston, Austin Police Department

Interlaboratory Comparison for 3D Analysis of Bullet Land Engraved Areas (LEA)
Martin Baiker-Sorensen, Netherlands Forensic Institute
Xiaoyu Alen Zheng, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Population Statistics for Firearm and Toolmark Identification
Martin Baiker-Sorensen, Netherlands Forensic Institute
Johannes Soons, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Xiaoyu Alen Zheng, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Erich Smith, Federal Bureau of Forensic Science