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                            Funding & Awards
 Accessing the Probative Value of Physical Evidence at Crimes Scenes with Ambient Mass Spectrometry and Portable Instrumentation
Award Information
Awardee
              Illinois State University
Award #
              2011-DN-BX-K552
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Normal, IL
Congressional District
              13
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2011
Total funding (to date)
              $396,780
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2011, $396,780)
This project will investigate the use of Ambient Mass Spectrometry to help detect/identify items of interest at crime scenes.The proposed technology will allow sensitive analysis of gas, liquid, and solid-phase chemicals, as well as chemical traces on everyday surfaces, at low concentrations with high chemical specificity. Findings from this project will be used to develop and deliver an optimized portable MS instrument prototype to NIJ for evaluation and testing, along with appropriate operational documentation and a spectral library of samples of interest.

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Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Analytical Validation of a Portable Mass Spectrometer Featuring Interchangeable, Ambient Ionization Sources for High Throughput Forensic Evidence Screening
                  Balancing the Utility and Legality of Implementing Portable Mass Spectrometers Coupled With Ambient Ionization in Routine Law Enforcement Activities
                  Trace-Level Screening of Chemicals Related to Clandestine Desomorphine Production With Ambient Sampling, Portable Mass Spectrometry
                  Accessing the Probative Value of Physical Evidence at Crime Scenes With Ambient Mass Spectrometry and Portable Instrumentation
                  Flir Systems AI-MS 1.2 Training Manual for Grant-Related Methodologies
                  Monitoring the Clandestine Synthesis of Methamphetamine in Real-time with Ambient Sampling Portable Mass Spectrometry
                  Application of Ambient Sampling Portable Mass Spectrometers Toward On-Site Screening of Clandestine Drug Operations
                  Advances in Field-Portable Mass Spectrometers for On-site Analytics
                  Rapid Screening of Synthetic Cathinones as Trace Residues and in Authentic Seizures Using a Portable Mass Spectrometer Equipped With Desorption Electrospray Ionization

  
Date Created: September 11, 2011
    
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