WELCOME TO CSI: Penn State

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WELCOME TOCSI Penn State
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www.forensics.psu.edu
Please contact us anytime with your questions
and/or requests for a tour of the program
facilities
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The Primary Faculty

• Robert Shaler, Director, Professor BMB
• Mitchell Holland, Associate Director, Associate
  Prof. BMB
• Ralph Ristenbatt, Senior Lecturer, Criminalist
• Reena Roy, Associate Prof. BMB
• Dan Sykes, Sr. Lecturer, Chemist

Be sure to visit the web site (www.forensics.psu.e
du) to view their individual biographies
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Staff

• Lisa Kilpatrick, Senior Project Associate
• Kathy Leon, Program/Graduate Assistant
• Cheri Nearhoof, Program Coordinator
• Missy Thomas, Undergraduate Assistant

Advising, research, career development and other
administrative resources
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The Mission

• Provide a scientifically rigorous curriculum with
  practical hands-on CSI and crime laboratory
  training
• Prepare future leaders of the forensic science
  community for the challenges ahead
• Offer an opportunity for students to minor (or
  double major) in other areas of science (e.g.,
  biology, biochemistry, chemistry, microbiology)
  and non-science (e.g., CLJ, psychology)

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PSU Philosophy Forensic Science Education
Build The Foundation
Provide Hands-On Training
Supplement with
Create a Professional Forensic Scientist
Chemistry
Scene Investigation
Ethics
Biology
Forensic Biology
Law/CLJ
Math
Testimony
Forensic Chemistry
Physics
Other
Criminalistics
Statistics
Applying the Scientific Method
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Chemistry
Entomology
Graduate School
Cyber- Forensics
Biology
Anthropology
Government Employment
Govt. Crime Lab
Where Do Forensic Science Graduates Go?
Private Employment
Pvt. Forensic Lab
Professional School
Medical School
Law School
Dental School
Law Enforcement
Local Police
Federal Police
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Be Prepared!!!

• Take Pre-Calculus and Chemistry or Biology in
  your Senior year of HS
• Take the FTCAP testing seriously
• FTCAP First Year Testing, Counseling, and
  Advising Program
• Be ready to work hard and have fun!

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Bachelor of Science inForensic Science
Freshman Sophomore Years Basic science
courses, Forensic Science First Year Seminar
(FYS) Select an option - Forensic Biology
or Chemistry Hands-on Crime Scene
Investigation Training
Junior Year Advanced science courses
supporting courses Hands-on Crime Laboratory
Training (criminalistics, trace, and biology)
Senior Year Hands-on CSI, Crime Laboratory
and Reconstruction Training Specialty
Courses in Forensic Chemistry, Biology (or both)
Junior year if transferring from a Commonwealth
campus
UP only
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Bachelor of Science inForensic Science

• You can begin at any PSU campus location, however
  would need to transfer after your first year from
  the following campuses
• Allegheny Fayette Shenango
• Beaver Lehigh Valley Wilkes Barre
• Brandywine Mont Alto W. Scranton
• DuBois New Kensington

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Crime Scene TrainingCrime Scene Investigation

• State-of-the-Art CSI Training Facility
• Spruce/Pine Cottage
• Victorian Mansion
• 4 Stories of crime scenes

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Command Center
Observe Listen To Talk To Video Tape
Students
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Crime Scenes at Spruce Cottage
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What Students Learnin CSI Training

• The role of 1st responders
• Police officers, medical personnel
• Sketching the scene
• Photographing the scene
• Documenting elements of the scene
• Evidence recognition
• The Power of Observation
• Evidence collection and preservation

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What Students Learnin CSI Training

• Dusting for prints

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What Students Learnin CSI Training

• Developing prints using alternate methods
• Superglue
• Fluorescent powders w/ alternate light sources

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What Students Learnin CSI Training

• Impression evidence
• Footwear, bite marks
• Bullet trajectories
• Biological fluids
• Bloodstain analysis

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Lifting Footprints
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Bullet Trajectory
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Bullet Trajectory
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Bloodstain Analysis

• Blood evidence can be useful for a variety of
  investigative purposes
• Prints
• DNA
• Reconstruction

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How Do You Analyze This Blood Evidence?
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Determining the Point of Origin
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CSI
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Trace Laboratory Criminalistics 1A
State-of-the-Art Advanced Laboratory Facilities
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Trace Laboratory Criminalistics 1A

• Topics include
• Trace evidence -
• hair, fibers, paint, glass
• Firearms -
• bullet comparison
• gun shot residue analysis
• muzzle-to-target distance determinations

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Bio-Trace Laboratory Criminalistics 1B
Evidence Examination
Blood, semen, saliva, urine, hairs Protein
markers, serological testing Sperm searches, DNA
extraction
FORENSIC BIOLOGY
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Bio-Trace Laboratory Criminalistics 1B

• Topics include
• Biological evidence
• blood, semen, and saliva
• Soil analysis
• Trace evidence

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Specialized Forensic Biology/DNA
Advanced DNA Methods Y-chromosome and mtDNA
Analysis All types of human biological fluids
DNA PROFILE
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
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Specialized Forensic Chemistry
Analysis of GSR Chemical analysis of powders,
fibers, paints and other trace evidence Drug
Analysis
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
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Capstone Course
Combines CSI with crime laboratory processing,
specialized laboratory processing, crime scene
reconstruction old case review Along with
testimony training
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Forensic Biology
www.forensics.psu.edu
Criminalistics
Crime Scene Investigation
Forensic Chemistry