Strengthening Forensic Science Through Connections with the Analytical Sciences

通过与分析科学的联系加强法医学

• 批准号: 1262145
• 负责人: Robert Cooks
• 金额: $ 7.65万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-15 至 2015-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1262145&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Strengthening; Forensic; Science; Through; Connections

This workshop, sponsored by the Chemistry Division, will address questions related to basic science and education posed in a 2009 National Research Council report entitled "Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States." Specifically, the workshop will focus on aspects relating to the design, methodology, instrumentation, data processing, and data interpretation, for chemical measurements, and to the educational and research infrastructure that prepares people to be effective in this endeavor. A fundamental question that will be raised is whether analytical measurements, especially chemical measurements as applied to societally mandated measurement tasks including forensic science, have failed to keep up with demand. Questions to be addressed include whether (i) current analytical chemistry methods are intrinsically too slow; (ii) developed and promulgated methods are inappropriately rigid; (iii) the data being recorded is wasted by going un-interpreted; (iv) rugged and automated methodologies can replace current methods without sacrificing analytical performance; and (v) appropriate data handling and advanced computational methods can minimize data acquisition time and decrease analysis costs. These important general issues are basic to the fabric of modern technology and sometimes underpinning continued scientific progress. These questions will be examined at this workshop with particular attention to examples taken from trace chemical analysis as represented in forensic science. The workshop will also seek to help catalyze the emerging analytical science of in-situ, high density measurements, especially those which provide rapid, direct measurement on complex samples.In addressing both the practice of, and education in, forensic science, the proposed workshop will be both timely and sufficiently focused to have impact in those areas of forensic science most closely allied to analytical chemistry - instrumental analysis and chemometrics. It is anticipated that a strengthened relationship between forensic and analytical science should be mutually rewarding - closer ties between forensic practice and academic research will strengthen both fields. The enthusiasm of students for forensic science can provide a vehicle to increasing enthusiasm for and interest in science as a whole. The workshop will seek to develop specific suggestions for programs that align education in forensics with modern rapid analytical chemistry. Methods for measuring outcomes will be elicited from workshop attendees and included in the formal workshop report, its most significant product.

该研讨会由化学部主办，将解决 2009 年国家研究委员会题为“加强美国法医学”的报告中提出的与基础科学和教育相关的问题。 具体来说，研讨会将重点关注与化学测量的设计、方法、仪器、数据处理和数据解释相关的方面，以及帮助人们有效开展这项工作的教育和研究基础设施。将提出的一个基本问题是分析测量，尤其是应用于社会强制测量任务（包括法医学）的化学测量是否无法满足需求。需要解决的问题包括：(i) 当前的分析化学方法本质上是否太慢； (ii) 制定和颁布的方法过于严格； (iii) 所记录的数据因未经解释而被浪费； (iv) 坚固且自动化的方法可以取代当前的方法，而不会牺牲分析性能； (v) 适当的数据处理和先进的计算方法可以最大限度地减少数据采集时间并降低分析成本。 这些重要的普遍问题是现代技术结构的基础，有时甚至支撑着科学的持续进步。这些问题将在本次研讨会上进行研究，特别关注法医学中痕量化学分析的示例。该研讨会还将寻求帮助促进新兴的原位高密度测量分析科学，特别是那些对复杂样品提供快速、直接测量的分析科学。在解决法医学实践和教育方面，拟议的研讨会将及时且充分地集中于对法医学与分析化学最密切相关的领域（仪器分析和化学计量学）产生影响。预计法医学和分析科学之间加强的关系应该是互惠互利的——法医学实践和学术研究之间更紧密的联系将加强这两个领域。学生对法医学的热情可以为提高整个科学的热情和兴趣提供一个工具。该研讨会将寻求为将法医学教育与现代快速分析化学结合起来的计划制定具体建议。衡量结果的方法将从研讨会参加者那里获得，并包含在正式的研讨会报告中，这是其最重要的产品。