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                            Funding & Awards
 Geometric Morphometric Tools for the Classification of Human Skulls
Award Information
Awardee
              North Carolina State University
Award #
              2005-MU-BX-K078
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Raleigh, NC
Congressional District
              4
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2005
Total funding (to date)
              $199,635
Original Solicitation
              General Forensics Research and Development Full Applications
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2005, $199,635)
The proposed project will develop population-specific classification criteria and associated software to assist forensic scientists in the characterization of human skulls. Such tools would be an important component both in criminal investigations and in general preparedness for mass fatality incidents. These tools will incorporate the new and powerful methods of geometric morphometrics that address significant shortcomings in traditional approaches to biological shape analysis, which are not yet widely used in forensic identification. The project objectives are three-fold: 1. To compile an extensible population database derived from three-dimensional landmark coordinate data of human cranial material that will aid in future victim identifications; 2. Develop and validate population-specific procedures for the classification of unknown individuals; 3. Develop cross-platform software for the use in forensic applications of human identification. 

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Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Geometric Morphometric Validation Study of Computed Tomography-Extracted Craniofacial Landmarks
                  Implications of dimorphism, population variation, and secular change in estimating population affinity in the Iberian Peninsula
                  Geometric Morphometric Tools for the Classification of Human Skulls
                  3D-ID: Geometric Morphometric Classification of Crania for Forensic Scientists
                  Testing Repeatability and Error of Coordinate Landmark Data Acquired From Crania
                  Sexual Dimorphism in America: Geometric Morphometric Analysis of the Craniofacial Region

  
Date Created: September 15, 2005
    
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