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Applying Carbon-14 Dating to Recent Human Remains

Date Published

March 25, 2012

Measuring carbon-14 levels in human tissue could help forensic scientists determine age and year of death in cases involving unidentified human remains.

UNTHSC Proposal for the Management and Support of the National Missing and Unidentified Person System

2011-MU-BX-K063

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2011

$2,600,000

Pediatric Fracture Printing: Creating a Science of Statistical Fracture Signature Analysis

2011-DN-BX-K540

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2011

$681,147

Computerized Reconstruction of Fragmentary Skeletal Remains for Purposes of Extracting Osteometric Measurements and Estimating MNI

2011-DN-BX-K537

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2011

$514,495

Microscopic Analysis of Sharp Force Trauma in Bone and Cartilage: A Validation Study

NCJ Number

235611

Date Published

August 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Publication Link

PDF

Graphical User Interface for a Multi-Factorial Age-At-Death Estimation Method Using Fuzzy Integrals

2011-DN-BX-K538

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2011

$417,595

Knife and Saw Toolmark Analysis in Bone: A Manual Designed for the Examination of Criminal Mutilation and Dismemberment

NCJ Number

232864

Date Published

December 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Publication Link

PDF (Executive Summary) | PDF (Final Technical Report)

Knife and Saw Toolmark Analysis in Bone: A Manual Designed for the Examination of Criminal Mutilation and Dismemberment, Final Technical Report

NCJ Number

232227

Date Published

October 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Publication Link

PDF (Final Technical Report) | PDF (Executive Summary)

Geometric Morphometric Tools for the Classification of Human Skulls

NCJ Number

231195

Date Published

July 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Publication Link

PDF

Improving Facial Reproduction Using Empirical Modeling, Final Technical Report

NCJ Number

231669

Date Published

May 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Publication Link

PDF

On-Site Confirmatory Test for Tissue Type and Specimen Age

2010-DN-BX-K247

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$146,055

Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing

2010-DN-BX-K131

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$348,511

Proposal to Provide Essential Forensic Anthropology Services for All Agencies in Washington State

2010-CD-BX-0094

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$66,531

Testing the Validity of Radiographic Comparisons inPositive Identifications

2010-DN-BX-K214

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$284,763

Independent Validation Test of Microscopic Analysis of Saw Marks in Bone

2010-DN-BX-K235

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$26,409

Project Identification: Developing Accurate Identification Criteria for Hispanic Individuals

2008-DN-BX-K464

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$73,742

Applications of Molecular Genetics to Human Identity

NCJ Number

231591

Date Published

December 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

Publication Link

PDF

Estimation of Age at Death using Cortical Bone Histomorphometry

2010-DN-BX-K035

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$114,263

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) - FY 10 Continuation Funding

2007-IJ-CX-K023

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$2,200,000

Novel Computer-Assisted Identification Method Using Radiograph Comparison

2010-DN-BX-K194

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$366,561

3D-ID: Geometric Morphometric Classification of Crania for Forensic Scientists

NCJ Number

231196

Date Published

July 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Publication Link

PDF

NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations

Closing Date

March 2, 2010

Project IDENTIFICATION: Developing Accurate Identification Criteria for Hispanic Individuals

2008-DN-BX-K464

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$77,583

City of New York, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Science Training Grant

2009-DN-BX-K205

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$1,000,000

Microscopic Analysis of Sharp Force Trauma in Bone and Cartilage

2009-DN-BX-K238

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$45,078