2014 Symposium Discipline Awards
The award winners for the 2014 Symposium in Adelaide were:
| Best Oral Presentations | ||||||||
| Archaeology, Anthropology & Odontology | Brad Ross | Access to patient databases to assist with antemortem record retrieval in forensic odontology | ||||||
| Biological Criminalistics | Kaye Ballantyne | Contextual biasing in biological examinations and DNA collection | ||||||
| Nano Nagle | Antiquity and diversity of Australian Aboriginal Y chromosomes: a perspective (highly commended) | |||||||
| Eletra Williams | RNA Suspension FISH; A Novel Method for Single Cell Identification (highly commended) | |||||||
| Biometrics | Alice Towler | Can rating feature similarity improve face matching accuracy? | ||||||
| Bloodstain Pattern Analysis | Nick Laan | Impact velocity of blood droplets for crime scene reconstruction | ||||||
| Niki Osborne | How Reliable are Current Methods for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis on Fabric? (highly commended) | |||||||
| Patrick Geoghegan & Michael Taylor | The Use of a Novel Physical Model for Gunshot-Related Blood Spatter Simulation (highly commended) | |||||||
| Chemical Criminalistics | Regina Verena Tautde | The Development and Comparison of Procedures for the Combined Collection of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues | ||||||
| Georgina Sauzier | Discrimination and classification of blue-dyed acrylic fibres using microspectrophotometry with chemometrics (highly commended) | |||||||
| Crime Scene Investigation | Claire Ferguson | Staged Homicides: An examination of common features of faked burglaries, suicides, accidents and car accidents | ||||||
| Document Examination | Simon Baechler | The systematic processing of forensic science data to provide crime intelligence: the example of false identity documents | ||||||
| Education & Training | Cyril Muehlethaler | Interactive teaching and E-learning as complementary tools for forensic science students: an example with a microscopy Bachelor course | ||||||
| Electronic Evidence | Jason Barr | Data accuracy of photo-fitting into 3D point clouds | ||||||
| Fingerprint Examination | Mackenzie de la Hunty | Investigation of current and new techniques for the development of fingermarks on porous substrates that have been wet | ||||||
| Firearms & Toolmarks | Jason Barr | Crime Scene Trajectory Recording and Representation Using 3D Laser Scanning | ||||||
| Fires & Explosions | John Goodpaster | Mapping of explosive residues on pipe bomb container fragments by a novel total vaporization technique | ||||||
| Illicit Drugs & Clandestine Laboratories | Kerrie-Anne Maroney | Investigation of the l-Phenylacetylcarbinol Process to Substituted Benzaldehydes of Interest | ||||||
| Management & Quality Assurance | Katrina Edmonson | A Multi-discipline approach to Forensic Case Management and examinations | ||||||
| Pathology & Clinical Medicine | Sarah Weller | The use of electrolysis in the examination of stented coronary vasculature | ||||||
| Science & Justice | Kate Cashman | Lawyers’ Use of DNA Evidence in Criminal Trials | ||||||
| Peter Woodman | The effectiveness of forensic science in the criminal justice system: measuring the impact of chemical trace evidence on police investigations & court trials (highly commended) | |||||||
| Toxicology & Pharmacology | Hilary Hamnett | Toxicology case studies from New Zealand involving LC-TOF-MS | ||||||
| Wildlife Forensics & Entomology | Rebecca Buis | Confirming the validity of human decomposition fluid as a cadaver-detection dog training aid | ||||||
| Michael Pais | Histological Method for Aging the Eggs of C. vicina Using Qualitative Determination of Anatomical Structures (highly commended) | |||||||
| Best Posters | ||||||||
| Archaeology, Anthropology and Odontology | Oznur Gulhan | Skeletal sexing standards in a complex population: A potential aid in the forensic identification of human remains in Turkey | ||||||
| Biological Criminalistics | Sue Ventiner | LMD DNA Analysis of Archived Casework Slides | ||||||
| Bloodstain Pattern Analysis | Natasha Garcia | Contamination of bloodstain patterns on fabric: what is the impact? | ||||||
| Chemical Criminalistics | Karen Cavanagh-Steer | Body Bags – A Trace of Trace | ||||||
| Crime Scene Investigation | Michael Lee | Using helicopter mounted Forward Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR) to locate human remains via the heat signature of maggot masses | ||||||
| Document Examination | Melanie Holt | The effect of tape lifting on the ability of the ESDA® to recover latent indentations in paper | ||||||
| Education & Training | Shirly Berends-Montero | Adding Value to a Professional Visit | ||||||
| Fingerprint Examination | Michelle Death | Effects of Fingerprint Development Protocols on DNA Yield using Magnetic Bead Extraction | ||||||
| Firearms & Toolmarks | Alex Caruana | Choking the Life Out of Less Lethal Munitions | ||||||
| Fires & Explosions | Margaret Black | Field Test Kits for Collection of Ignitable Liquid Residues: The First Year of Use | ||||||
| Illicit Drugs & Clandestine Laboratories | Christopher Ewers | Potential limitations of handheld Raman devices in identifying illicit drugs | ||||||
| Management & Quality Assurance | Loene Howes | The effectiveness of communication of expert opinion: Themes from interviews with police and scientists | ||||||
| Pathology & Clinical Medicine | Roman Lenchine | Does the use of insecticide interfere with DNA recovery and profiling? | ||||||
| Toxicology & Pharmacology | Amy Kok | The toxicology of fatal cases involving opium poppies in Tasmania | ||||||
| Wildlife Forensics & Entomology | Katelynn Perrault | Establishing the persistence of an odour signature in decomposition soil | ||||||