Abstract
I was given the opportunity to do an internship in the Southern Utah crime lab to fulfill two upper division credits. My supervisor solicited me to come up with a project I wanted to work on, on top of what he was going to teach me during the 90 hours of internship. So I decided to use that project for the EDGE Program requirement.
My project consisted in bloodstain pattern analysis. I recreated splatters of blood under several circumstances, such as different velocities and different surfaces where the blood can fall onto. I then looked at the bloodstains under the microscope to see if the drops were absorbed or if they crystallized differently on the distinct types of surfaces and fabrics.
Goals
Goal 1:
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I will recreate blood patterns under a variety of circumstances, such as low, medium, and high velocity patterns, each falling onto different fabric-type surfaces, to determine how they differ.
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I was able to achieve this goal because I collected good data to compare the patterns.
Goal 2:
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I will learn how to load, run, and read the GCMS to analyze drug samples.
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I was able to complete this goal by shadowing my supervisor and practicing on the instrument what I learned.
Deliverables
I provide a document where I summarized what I did, the data collected, and the pictures I took along the way to prove my work.