“The Current Status of Microscopical
Hair Comparisons,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic
Association of Forensic Scientists, Frederick, Maryland, April 24-26, 2002.
“An Atlas of Biodeterioration Artifacts” (with James E. Starrs), paper presented at the 54th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia, February 13-16, 2002.
“A Study of the Effects of Washing, Primer Composition, and Substrate Content on the Visualization of Gunshot Residue Patterns” (with Rebekah L. Gundry) , ), paper presented at the 54th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia, February 13-16, 2002.
"An Atlas of Biodeterioration Artifacts," (with James E. Starrs), paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Williamsburg, Virginia, April 25-27, 2001.
"Is It Time to Stop Microscopic Hair Comparisons?" (with David R. Foran), paper presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, Washington, February 19-24, 2001.
"Investigation of the Early stages of Fungal Attack on Human Head Hair," (with Nicholas F. Marko), paper presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, Washington, February 19-24, 2001.
"Preliminary Report on the Examination of Human Hairs and Textile Fibers Recovered During Excavations at Harewood Cemetery Near Charles Town, West Virginia," (with Harold A. Deadman), paper presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Reno, Nevada, February 23-26, 2000.
"What's in a Bullseye?" (with K. Michelle Ricketts and William A. MacCrehan), paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, April 20-23, 1999, in Ocean City, Maryland.
"What's in a Bullseye?" (with K. Michelle Ricketts and William A. MacCrehan), paper presented at the 51st annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, Florida, February 15-20, 1999.
"Use of Microcon Microconcentrators to Maximize Analyses of Suspected Semen Stains," (with Amy B. Lowery), paper presented at the 51st annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, Florida, February 15-20, 1999.
"Alpha-Amylase in Perspiration," paper presented at the 51st annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, Florida, February 15-20, 1999.
"Errors in the Estimation of the Angle of Impact of Blood Droplets with Surfaces," (with Cordelia L. Willis), paper presented at the 51st annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, Florida, February 15-20, 1999.
"Collection and Analysis of Gun Shot Residue by Supercritical Fluid/ Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Electrophoresis (SFE/MECE)," (with Richard A. Baltzersen and William A. MacCrehan), paper presented at 1998 annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Rockville, Maryland, May 11-15, 1998.
"Identical Twin Fingerprint Patterns: What Went Wrong in Collaborative Testing Services Latent Fingerprint Proficiency Test," paper presented at 1997 annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Roanoke, Virginia, April 30-May 2, 1997.
"Did the Supreme Court in Daubert Adopt an Obsolete Model of Science?" paper presented at 1997 annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Associa-tion of Forensic Scien-tists, Roanoke, Virginia, April 30-May 2, 1997.
"A Preliminary Study of the Use of Scanning Electron Microscopy to Compare 9-mm Glock Pistol Rounds," paper presented at the 49th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New York, New York, February 17-22, 1997.
"Fake!" paper presented at the 49th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New York, New York, February 17-22, 1997.
"Did the Supreme Court in Daubert Adopt an Obsolete Model of Science?" paper presented at the 49th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New York, New York, February 17-22, 1997.
"Fake!" paper presented at 1996 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 8-10, 1996.
"Microscopic Examination of Hairs Excavated on the James Family Farm," (with James E. Starrs), paper presented at 1996 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 8-10, 1996.
"Preliminary Study of the Use of Scanning Electron Microscopy to Compare 9-mm Glock Pistol Rounds," (with Richard S. Bendel and Paul Salvetti), paper presented at 1996 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 8-10, 1996.
"Identification of Gunshot Residue from 'Clean-FireTM' Lead-Free Primers Utilizing Scanning Electron Microscopy," (with Paul E. Tingle, Robert L. Hunkeler, Erich P. Junger and Joseph N. Madary), paper presented at the 48th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Nashville, Tennessee, February 19-24, 1996.
"A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Forensic Light Sources in the Detection of Biological Stain Evidence, (with Michael S. Maloney and Donald G. Housman), paper presented at the 48th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Nash-ville, Tennessee, February 19-24, 1996.
"A Study of the Effectiveness of the Cyanoacrylate Ester Fuming Wand and Its application in the Crime Scene Development of Latent Fingerprints," (with Donald G. Housman and Michael S. Maloney), paper presented at the 48th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Nashville, Tennessee, February 19-24, 1996.
"A Second Look at the 'Blue Sense' -- A Critical Examination of the Police Use of Psychics," paper presented at the 48th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Nashville, Tennessee, February 19-24, 1996.
"Application of X-Ray Diffraction to the Forensic Differentiation of Electrical Tape," (with Michael Frontz) paper presented at 1995 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Fairfax, Virginia, May 11-12, 1995.
"A Second Look at the 'Blue Sense': A Critical Examination of the Police Use of Psychics," paper presented at 1995 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Fairfax, Virgin-ia, 1995.
"Application of X-Ray Diffraction for the Forensic Differentia-tion of Electrical Tape," (with Michael Frontz) paper presented at 47th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, Washington, February 13-18, 1995.
"Analysis of Smokeless Powder in Post-Blast Pipe Bomb Fragments Using Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Electrophoresis, (with Kelly D. Smith, Bruce R. McCord, Kelly A. Hargadon and William A. MacCrehan) paper presented at 47th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, Washington, February 13-18, 1995.
"The Effects of Temperature on Gunshot Residue Patterns as Determined Using a New Method for Pattern Analysis, (with Ty R. Cresap, Debra Goldman, Erich P. Junger, Robert C. Veasey and David W. Hause) paper presented at 47th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, Washington, February 13-18, 1995.
"The Effects of Luminol and Coomassie Blue on DNA Typing by PCR," (with Ty R. Cresap, John L. Pecko, David James Zeliff, Virginia L. Fristoe, Molly A. Moses, Marie D. Ricciardone, James P. Ross, Rhonda Kay Roby, Deborah L. Fisher and Victor Walter Weedn) paper presented at 47th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, Washington, February 13-18, 1995.
"Analysis of Fungal Tunneling in 300 Year Old Hair Samples Taken From Buried Lead Coffins," (with Heidi F. Kunert, Robert L. Hunkeler, Joseph N. Madary and Erich P. Junger) paper presented at 47th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, Washington, February 13-18, 1995.
"The Lessons of Pathological Science," (with Michael Epstein and Luigi Gar-laschelli) paper presented at 21st annual meeting of the Federation of Analytical and Spectroscopy Societies, St. Louis, Missouri, October 4, 1994.
"Detection of Smokeless Powder Residue by Micellar Electrokinetic Electropho-resis," (with Kelly D. Smith, William A. McCrehan, and David Baker) paper presented at 1994 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 6-8, 1994.
"Biodeterioration of Natural Fibers: Three Case Studies," paper presented at 1994 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Associ-ation of Foren-sic Scien-tists, Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 6-8, 1994.
"Daubert: Has The Supreme Court Bitten Off More Than It Can Chew?" paper presented at 1994 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 6-8, 1994.
"Perspectives on the Validity of Personal Identification Methodology in Identical Twins," (with Amy Sirignano and Michael Krakow) paper presented at 46th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, San Antonio, TX, February 14-19, 1994.
"SEM Examination of Questioned Documents and Correction Ribbon," (with S.M. Castro, N.W. Galbreath, J.L. Pecko, and F.N. Hellman) paper presented at 46th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, San Antonio, TX, February 14-19, 1994.
"The Comparison of the Dentition of Twins," (with Michael Krakow and Amy Sirignano) paper presented at 45th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Boston, MA, February 15-20, 1993.
"Biodeterioration of Buried Hairs and Textile Fibers," paper presented at 45th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Boston, MA, February 15-20, 1993.
"Spreadsheet Forensic Science," paper presented at 45th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Boston, MA, February 15-20, 1993.
"Mixed-Mode Analysis in the Examination of Forensic Evidence," paper presented at 31st annual meeting of the Eastern Analytical Symposium, Somerset, New Jersey, November 16-20, 1992.
"Humpty Dumpty's Day in Court," paper presented at 1992 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Richmond, Virginia, May 7-8, 1992.
"Blood Detection by Luminol on Substrates Cleaned with Household Agents," (with Leslie M. Bryant) paper presented at 44th annual meeting of the Ameri-can Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Or-leans, LA, February 17-22, 1992.
"Contrast Enhancement of Cyanoacrylate-Developed Latent Finger-prints Using Biological Stains and Commercial Fabric Dyes," (with Julie B. Kempton) paper presented at 1991 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scien-tists, Bethesda, Maryland, May 30-31, 1991.
"A Video Microscopy System for Training and Casework," paper presented at 42nd annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio, February 1990.
"Examination of Footprints of Adult Caucasian Females," (with S. M. Wenner, R. E. Harvey, W. J. McChesney and B. Nakasone) paper presented at 42nd annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio, February 1990.
"The Infrared Spectra of Buried Acetate and Rayon Fibers," (with S. M. Singer, D. M. Northrop and M. W. Tungol), paper presen-ted at 3rd annual meeting of the Pan-American Biodeterioration Society, Washington, DC, August 1989.
"DNA Testing Not Ready For Casework?! A Tale of Two Surveys," paper presented at 1989 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Baltimore, Maryland, May 17-19, 1989.
"A Study of Hair Degradation in Soil," (with J. A. Kundrat) 2nd annual meeting of the Pan-American Biodeterioration Society, Washing-ton, DC, July 1988.
"Biodeterioration of Man-made Textiles in Various Soil Environ-ments," (with S. M. Singer) 2nd annual meeting of the Pan-American Biodeterioration Society, Washington, DC, July 1988.
"Deterioration of Hair by Airborne Microorganisms: Implications for Museum Biological Collections," (with C. A. Hawks) paper presented at the 1988 meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 30-June 3, 1988.
"Examination of Bullet Substitution Claims in the Sacco-Vanzetti Case," (with D. Miller and J. Thompson) paper presented at the 40th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Phila-delphia, Pennsylvania, February 1988.
"Criminalistics in Traffic Accident Reconstruction," paper presented at the First International Congress of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Cairo, Egypt, December 1987.
"Deterioration of Hair by Airborne Micro-organisms: Implications for Museum Biological Collections," (with C. A. Hawks) paper presented at the Seventh International Biodeterioration Symposium, Cambridge, England, September 1987.
"Asbestos Monitoring in the University Environment," (with A. McLane) paper presented at the spring 1987 meeting of the Mid- Atlantic Association Forensic Scientists, Richmond, Virginia.
"Effect of the Effect of the Soil Environment on the Biodeterioration of Man-Made Textiles," (with D. M. Northrop), 1st annual meeting of the Pan-American Biodeterioration Society, Washington, DC, July 1986.
"The Biodeterioration of Hair in a Soil Environment," (with J. M. Serowik) 1st annual meeting of the Pan-American Biodeterioration Society, Washington, DC, July 1986.
"The Effects of the Soil Environment on the Morphology and Chemical Composition of Synthetic Fibers," (with D. M. Northrop) paper pre-sented at fall 1985 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Dover, Dela-ware.
"Fiber-Plastic Fusions in Traffic Accident Reconstruction," (with S. Masakowski, B. Enz and J. Cothern) paper pre-sented at spring 1985 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scien-tists, Washington, D. C.
"Textile-Plastic Fusions in Vehicular Accident Reconstruction," paper presented at 23rd annual meeting of the Eastern Analytical Symposium, New York, November 1984.
"Range-of-Fire Estimates from Regression
Analysis Applied to the Spreads of Shotgun Pellet Patterns: Results of
a Blind Study," paper presented at 10th Triennial Meeting of the International
Association of Forensic Sciences, Oxford, England, 18-25 Septem-ber 1984.