Technical Session
We are pleased to announce the Technical Program for the 55th Annual AFTE Training Seminar.
| Monday 5/12/2025 | |
| 9:05 AM | AFTE 2026 Baltimore Maryland Meeting Invitation |
| 9:25 AM | Keynote Speaker – Matt Murphy |
| 11:00 AM | James Carroll - CTS Investigation Committee Update (Panel) |
| Tuesday 5/13/2025 | |
| 8:00 AM | James Smith – Machine Gun Conversion Devices and Their Effects on Fired Cartridge Cases: Blade Size Matters |
| 8:30 AM | Todd Weller – OSAC Background, Information, and Update |
| 8:50 AM | Jennifer Floyd – ASB Consensus Body Update |
| 9:10 AM | Jill Therriault – AFTE Website Update |
| 9:30 AM | Steven Lund – NIST Foundations Report and Inconclusives |
| 11:15 AM | Todd Weller – Conclusion-Grounded Opinions vs. Evidence-Grounded Opinions |
| 1:30 PM | Scientific Advancement Committee - Principles of Toolmark Comparison |
| 2:15 PM | Five Million Cartridge Case Comparisons: Supporting the Foundational Principles of Firearm Toolmark Identification |
| 2:45 PM | Kirk Garrison - The LoPoint: Endurance of a 3D-printed Hybrid Firearm |
| 3:30 PM | Carola Leva - Investigation of Firearms with 3D-printed Parts - MIX3D |
| 4:00 PM | Mohammad AlShamsi - Quantitative Measurement of Toolmark on Bone: Intra- and Inter-observer Variability Assessment |
| 4:20 PM | Axel Manthei - The Tube - Shooting Accident or Something Else? |
| Wednesday 5/14/2025 | |
| 8:00 AM | Kimberly Zeller - Measuring the Strength of Support of Firearms Comparisons |
| 8:30 AM | Steven Aston - Texas Forensic Science Commission Complaint 21.27 (Nanon Williams Report) and the Development of the Texas Firearms Task Group |
| 9:00 AM | Steven Lund – NIST Validation Principles |
| 9:30 AM | Alex Luby - Validation of the Cadre Forensics TopMatch 3D Triaging Algorithm |
| 10:30 AM | Steven Beck - Audio Forensics: Recorded Audio Gunshot Analysis with Case Examples |
| 11:15 AM | Alexander Belt - Axial Engraving Marks for Identification |
| 11:35 AM | Luke Haag - Inexpensive IR Photography as a First Step in GSR Deposit Tests |
| 1:30 PM | Eric Law - Quantitative Assessment of Barrel Wear from Solid Copper Bullets |
| 2:00 PM | Brent Allred - Quantified Evidence Strength Using 3D Scanner Similarity Scores |
| 2:30 PM | Jack McKeon – Examination of Glock Marksman Barrels |
| 3:30 PM | Alexander Jason - Shots in the Dark: Reconstruction of an Officer Involved Shooting |
| 4:00 PM | Mike Haag – TBD |
| 4:45 PM | Luke Haag - Squibbed Cartridge Case on the Ground, Bullet in the Bore, Live Round in the Chamber. There’s a Story Here |
| Thursday 5/15/2025 | |
| 8:00 AM | Lehi Sudy – Factors Influencing Ballistic Identification Systems Effectiveness |
| 8:30 AM | Benedetta De Luca – It is the Bullet That Kills! Rare Case of Identification of a Modified Blank Gun by Studying Toolmarks on the Bullet |
| 9:00 AM | Blanca Parker – Close Non-Matches and Database Searches |
| 9:30 AM | Danny Roberge – Supporting a Crime Scene Analysis Using Quantum 3D Microscope Probabilistic Approach |
| 10:00 AM | Mike Beddow – Virtual Comparison Microscopy (VCM) Quality Control Check Standard Selection |
| 11:00 AM | Srinivasan R - The Scope and the Meaning of the Phrase “Fired in the Same Firearm” |
| 11:25 AM | Shing Min Lim – Thinking Outside the Box: Forensic Analysis of Corrugated Packaging |
| 11:40 AM | Shane Staniek - Barrel Making in a Bucket: Privately Manufactured Firearm Electro Chemically Machined Firearms Barrel |
| 1:30 PM | Lior Nedivi - New Perspective of an Event Using Frame-By-Frame Analysis of Video Footage |
| 2:00 PM | Connor Sichler - Breech Face Marks Due to Varying Pressures Created by Changing Bullet Weights |
Contact our team at afte2025tech@gmail.com for questions.
We’ll see you May 11, 2025!