Seminar Series
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The Forensic Science Seminar Series is offered each semester by the Forensic Science Partnership. Speakers representing the many different specialized areas of forensic science are brought in to present their real-life experience in their fields. Seminars are offered at no cost and are open to the public. Refreshments are provided. Take a look at this semester's lineup! All seminars will be held in Pastore 124 from 3:30 - 5:00 PM on the following Fridays.
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| Fall 2009 | |||
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Affiliation |
| 18-Sept | Tom Groff | Bomb Squad as a Job | RI State Bomb Squad |
| 25-Sept | John Kerwick | Training Bomb Detection Canines | NY City MTA Police |
| 2-Oct | Doug Ubelaker | Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology | Smithsonian Institute |
| 9-Oct | Nate Lewis | Explosive Detection | Caltech |
| 16-Oct | John Leo | Investigation of Incidents involving Hazardous Waste | RI Dept of Environmental Management |
| 23-Oct | Steve Batzer | Forensic Engineering Analysis of The Origin of the Species | Engineering Institute |
| 30-Oct | Guy Casarella | WMD Agents | Nuclear Medical Sci Off, RI Nat. Guard |
| 6-Nov | TBA | ||
| 13-Nov | Gary Settles | The Aerodynamics of a Dog's Nose | Pennsylvania State U |
| 20-Nov | Wade Myers | Forensic psychiatry | Brown Medical School |
| 4-Dec | Elaine Pagliaro | Cold Cases | |
| 11-Dec | John Aherne | Railroad Safety | DHS |
| Spring 2009 | |||
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Affiliation |
| 23-Jan | Jimmie Oxley | Introduction | URI, Chemistry |
| 30-Jan | Lawrence Kobilinsky | Forensic DNA Analysis-The Gold Standard | John Jay College, Forensic Science |
| 6-Feb | Chris Tuttle | Challenge in Protecting & Responding to Explosive Incident in Mass Transit | Emergency Operations at Port Authority of NY & NJ Public Safety Department |
| 13-Feb | Peter Ginaitt | Readiness of Terrorism Acts | LifeSpan |
| 20-Feb | Amit Gavish | Homeland Security-Lessons Learned from Israel | SSC Intel |
| 27-Feb | Victor Fay-Wolfe | Computer Forensics | URI, Computer Science |
| 6-Mar | Doug Bauer | Using Science to Solve the National Security Problem | Dept. of Homeland Security Science & Technology |
| 13-Mar | Mark Tobias | High Security Facilities: Why Locks & Access Control May Not Protect Them | Investigative Law Offices (SD) |
| 20-Mar | SPRING BREAK | ||
| 27-Mar | Jeffrey Norwitz | Closing Guantanamo: What Comes Next? | Naval War College; National Security Studies |
| 3-Apr | Bob Hathway | Conspiracy Theories-Trace Evidence in ML King Case | Rhode Island State Crime Lab |
| 10-Apr | Stacey Veroni | A Prosecutor's View | RI Assistant Attorney General |
| 17-Apr | Carl Selavka | "Distance-Forensics" to Support the New World | Head MA Forensic Lab (retired) |
| 24-Apr | Ted Schwartz | Importance of Trace & Impression Evidence | Westchester County (NY) Forensic Laboratory |
| Spring 2008 | |||
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Affiliation |
| 25-Jan | Jimmie Oxley | Introduction ot Forensics | URI, Chemistry |
| 1-Feb | David Thatcher | Forensic Engineering Analysis of SUV Rollover Accidents | Director of the Engineering Institute |
| 8-Feb | David Thatcher | Metal Detection at Crime Scenes | Crime Lab Assoc. |
| 15-Feb | Virginia Maxwell | Glass & Soil | Univ. New Haven |
| 22-Feb | Walt Williams | Intro to Blood Spatter Analysis | Warwick Police Dept. |
| 29-Feb | Gerry Durand | Woonsocket Serial Killer | Woonsocket Police |
| 7-Mar | Kenneth Zercie | Reconstruction/Document Examine | CT State Crime Lab |
| Spring Break | |||
| 28-Mar | Gino Rebussini | Drugs | RI Forensic Lab |
| 4-Apr | Skip Vorrhees | Fraud Investigations | US Postal Lab |
| 11-Apr | Michael Bourke | DNA | CT State Crime Lab |
| 18-Apr | Kirk Yeager | Investigating Bomb Scenes | FBI Lab |
| 25-Apr | Rob Buco | Mass Sprectoscopy | Shimadzu |
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