Five Leading Organizations, One Vital Mission

In September 2007, NFSTC was honored to be named Forensic Technologies Center of Excellence by the Office of Justice Programs—National Institute of Justice (OJP-NIJ). One of four centers of excellence created by the OJP-NIJ, NFSTC is the only center focused on forensic research and development. The FTCoE hit its stride in 2008, providing coordinated services and knowledge to the criminal justice community through the partner organizations:

• National Forensic Science Technology Center
• Marshall University Forensic Science Center
• National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law
• National Center for Forensic Science
• Midwest Forensics Resource Center

Among the projects delivered for the Center:

Technology Transition Workshops include DART Mass Spectrometry for Forensic Analysis, Miniaturized Microfluidic Devices, Field Investigation Drug Officer Program (FIDO), and more. These training events were videotaped and the full two-day workshops are available online at the Tech Transition pages of the NFSTC Project Portal.

Students can take the course over the Internet to listen to the instructor, see all handouts and screen presentations and get up-to-speed on the latest technology.

Other projects include forensic casework support, forensic technical working groups, online National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law and on online DNA reference database.