Facilities
The Forensic Science curriculum is focused on natural and physical sciences. Students enroll in lecture and lab courses in the Departments of Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Physics in addition to the Forensic Science courses. Our dedicated lab spaces give students hands-on experience with instrumentation and software equivalent to that used in forensic laboratories.
Our Drug Chemistry & Toxicology lab equipment includes several Gas Chromatograph - Mass Spectrometry systems (Agilent 7890A/5975C & 8890/5977), a Gas Chromatograph - Triple Quad system (Agilent 8890 / 7000D), a Liquid Chromatograph with Diode Array Detector (Agilent Infinity 1260), two Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometers with ATR detection (Thermo-Nicolet iS5 & Smiths Detection Hazmat ID Command System), plus concentrators, balances, sonicators, and solid phase extraction manifolds.
Our Forensic Molecular Biology/DNA lab equipment includes a thermocycler (Applied Biosystems Veriti), a qPCR instrument (Applied Biosystems 7500 Real Time PCR), a plate centrifuge (Eppendorf 5804), a CE (Applied Biosystems 3500 Genetic Analyzer), and a data analysis station (GeneMapper ID-X v 1.7).
Our Pattern Evidence laboratory utilizes equipment such as cyanoacrylate processing chambers, stereomicroscopes, micrometers, calipers and the Cadre Forensics TopMatch Virtual Comparison Microscopy Software.
