Report to DHS on Summer Internship 2006

Beckwith, R H

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

关键词: Fluid Mechanics;    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory;    59 Basic Biological Sciences;    Crime;    Simulation;   

DOI  :  10.2172/892068
RP-ID  :  UCRL-TR-223191
RP-ID  :  W-7405-ENG-48
RP-ID  :  892068

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This summer I worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in a bioforensics collection and extraction research group under David Camp. The group is involved with researching efficiencies of various methods for collecting bioforensic evidence from crime scenes. The different methods under examination are a wipe, swab, HVAC filter and a vacuum. The vacuum is something that has particularly gone uncharacterized. My time was spent mostly on modeling and calculations work, but at the end of the summer I completed my internship with a few experiments to supplement my calculations. I had two major projects this summer. My first major project this summer involved fluid mechanics modeling of collection and extraction situations. This work examines different fluid dynamic models for the case of a micron spore attached to a fiber. The second project I was involved with was a statistical analysis of the different sampling techniques.