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2018 Annual Scientific Meeting AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCES 410 North 21st Street Colorado Springs, CO 80904 2018 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING HONORING PROGRAM AMERICAN ACADEMY OF F Cultivate your love for forensic science at The 29th International Symposium on Human Identification this September. Thought leaders from across the globe will convene in Phoenix, Arizona to discuss upcoming developments in the field of forensic DNA. Attend to network with other forensic scientists, learn about new technologies and meet vendors demonstrating the tools to make your job easier. Consider sharing your expertise by presenting a scientific talk or interesting case: Deadline June 8. Learn more at: ishinews.com © 2017 Promega Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 41541344 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 410 North 21st Street Colorado Springs, Colorado 80904 Phone: (719) 636-1100 Fax: (719) 636-1993 Email: [email protected] Website: www.aafs.org @ AAFS Publication 18-2 Copyright © 2018 American Academy of Forensic Sciences Printed in the United States of America Publication Printers, Inc., Denver, CO Typography by Kathy Howard Cover Art by My Creative Condition, Colorado Springs, CO WELCOME LETTER It is my pleasure to welcome you to Seattle, Washington, to participate in the 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. The theme for the Seattle meeting is “Science Matters,” and the focus will be on broadening our horizons. This meeting is the final event addressing the three broad goals of my presidency: research, diversity, and communication. Research: By emphasizing the mechanics of research, including funding, best practices, and collaboration, the annual meeting will focus on the integration of forensic science research into the broader scientific community. Unlike the discipline-specific meetings of our affiliates, the AAFS Annual Scientific Meeting offers a tremendous opportunity for cross-discipline collaboration. I encourage everyone to attend at least one presentation in each of our 11 disciplines to observe the great work being conducted by our colleagues and to gain new thoughts about your own methods and procedures. Betty Layne DesPortes, JD, MS Diversity: We are promoting diversity in all forms, including diversity of people, places, backgrounds, and ideas. Our goal is to ensure that everyone feels welcome and empowered at the annual meeting. A special welcome to our international attendees: we appreciate that immigration procedures can sometimes be burdensome, but we hope that you will enjoy the fellowship of the forensic science community as you expand your professional and scientific knowledge at the meeting. Communication: Forensic science is well known, but is not well understood. Instead of the public image of forensic science based on TV shows or other fictionalized portrayals, the annual meeting will showcase what we actually do in forensic science. Promoting our work ensures that the justice system better understands science-based evidence and the fact that science is a process of endless inquiry. There will be several media outlets at the meeting; please take the time to share your work and perspectives on the value of forensic science. More importantly, take what you learn at the meeting and approach your local educational institutions, legislators, and media when you get home to improve their understanding of forensic science. Two sessions of the meeting that I would like to highlight are the Plenary Session and the Tuesday Evening Session. The Plenary Session, “Science Matters,” on Wednesday morning, open to all meeting attendees, hosts Itiel Dror, PhD, Rush D. Holt, PhD, and a special presentation by Rod J. Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General of the United States. DAG Rosenstein will speak on “The Department of Justice’s Commitment to Advancing Forensic Science.” Plenary Co-chairs Nikolas P. Lemos and James Downs worked for many months planning this exciting and topical session. For a different take on the same topics of research and communication, attend the more informal Tuesday Evening Session, “Forensic Science in the Public Eye.” The session – also open to all attendees – has the unofficial tagline: “A reporter, an activist, and a producer walk into a bar to talk about forensic science.” Bring your own beverage and enjoy the session focusing on the media perception of forensic science and how that perception can be influenced to shape public policy. My personal thanks to the Program Co-Chairs Christine Funk, Lucy A. Davis, and Anjali A. Ranadive for putting together a diverse and entertaining session. During this 70th anniversary of the Academy, please take the time to meet and talk with colleagues from other disciplines, other backgrounds, and other places. The sentiment expressed in the opening remarks of Rutherford B.H. Gradwohl, MD, at the first meeting in 1948 still guides the Academy today: “To the end of coordination of all agencies and efforts, I wish to recommend to this group the formation of a central organization of a permanent nature, to meet annually. Its aims and purposes will be to become a clearinghouse for new ideas and developments, to support reforms in legislatures and courts, to study and recommend new methods of jurisprudence.” ~ R.B.H. Gradwohl, Opening Remarks, 1948, St. Louis, MO 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS About The AAFS ...................................................................... 4 Officers & Officials ..................................................................... 5 General Information .................................................................... 9 2018 Distinguished Fellow . .10 Awards & Receptions ................................................................... 11 Section Business Meetings ............................................................... 13 Continuing Education ................................................................... 14 Financial Contributors .................................................................. 17 Guidebook Mobile App . 18 Student Academy ...................................................................... 19 Interdisciplinary Symposium ............................................................. 20 Young Forensic Scientists Forum Special Session ............................................. 22 Forensic Science Education Programs Commission Session ..................................... 27 Evening Session ....................................................................... 28 Academy Cup . 30 Plenary Session ........................................................................ 31 Breakfast Seminars ..................................................................... 33 Luncheon Seminars ..................................................................... 42 Workshops ............................................................................ 44 National Association of Medical Examiners .................................................. 90 National Institute of Justice .............................................................. 92 Organization of Scientific Area Committees ..................................................94 Scientific Sessions Anthropology ......................................................................... 99 Criminalistics ........................................................................ 115 Digital & Multimedia Sciences ........................................................... 138 Engineering Sciences .................................................................. 143 General ............................................................................. 148 Jurisprudence ........................................................................ 159 Odontology .......................................................................... 164 Pathology/Biology .................................................................... 169 Psychiatry & Behavioral Science ......................................................... 185 Questioned Documents ................................................................. 191 Toxicology . 194 Last Word Society ..................................................................... 202 Program Committee Financial Disclosure .................................................. 203 Presenting Author Financial Disclosure .................................................... 207 Key Word Index ...................................................................... 227 Presenting Author Index ................................................................ 241 3 ABOUT THE AAFS For 70 years, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) has served a distinguished and diverse membership. Its 6,700+ members are divided into eleven sections spanning the forensic enterprise. Included among the Academy’s members are physicians, attorneys, dentists, toxicologists, anthropologists, document examiners, digital evidence experts, psychiatrists, engineers, physicists, chemists, criminalists, educators, and others. Representing all 50 United States, Canada, and 70 other countries worldwide, they actively practice forensic science and, in many cases, teach and conduct research in the field as well. Each section provides opportunities for professional development, personal contacts, awards, and recognition. Many sections publish AAFS News Feed articles which keep their members abreast of activities and developments in their fields. As a professional society dedicated to the application of science to the law, the AAFS is committed to the promotion of education
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