Science and Engineering projects
Collaborative activities across Science and Engineering including research, public engagement, and campus projects
Science and Engineering projects
Research project
We are creating and testing methods to detect how materials are transferred from places to people, or from people to people and how long materials can last in the environment once they have transferred.
Research project
We have a citizen science approach to developing activities that generate data on the background abundance of materials for use in forensic science research and interpretation.
Research project
We are developing high quality training and online learning resources for students and forensic science professionals.
Citizen science
H-unique is a five year, €2.5m programme of research that will be the first multimodal automated interrogation of visible hand anatomy, through analysis and interpretation of human variation via images
Citizen science
We are offering the opportunity for schools and pupils to get involved with leading forensic science research. The activities are suitable for secondary school age groups (S1-S6) and bring research to life in the classroom
Research project
We identify and monitor the emergence of new psychoactive substances on illicit drug markets and investigate the risks of emerging drug threats involving these and more traditional drugs of abuse.
Research project
We are working in collaboration with Cambridge University and the Alan Alda Centre for science communication to develop new tools for the communication and understanding of statistics in forensic science
Research project
We are exploring methods for the development of measurement uncertainty associated with the analysis of a wide range of forensic evidence types and how probability is used to understand the meaning of evidence given different alleged activities.
Research project
We generate accessible data sets to aid forensic science research. These include chemical and biological data, physical evidence (such as ballistics and footwear) and biometric samples.
Research project
We are exploring alternative methods of DNA analysis using oxford nanopore and other technologies.
Research project
We are exploring the strengths and weaknesses of algorithms and software programs used to interpret complex DNA mixtures (samples that contain DNA from more than one person).
Research project
We are developing new avenues of research, collaboration, education and training using Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) tools.
Research project
We are creating new ways to detect illicit drugs, explosives and bodily fluids at crime scenes using cutting edge nanobiosensor, DNA aptamers and quantum dot chemistry.
Research project
We are creating curated ground truth (known source) data sets and applying machine learning algorithms to explore the interpretation of chemical profiles and feature comparison problems.
Public engagement project
The story of a crime scene investigation through the eyes of forensic scientists.
Public engagement project
An interactive graphic novel murder mystery, suitable for players aged 10+.
Citizen science
A three year PhD project, assessing human variation in knuckle creases.
Citizen science
An interactive experience where you become the jury and scrutinise the evidence related to a fictional criminal case.
University project
A series of comics based on judicial primers exploring the benefits and limitations of different forensic evidence types.
Research project
We explore the requirements needed in the interaction of new scientific and digital technologies with legal frameworks, the legal system and the justice system.
Research project
The purpose of this R-Shiny application is to make this information more accessible and to allow its user to export the reference lists based on keyword searches.
Public engagement project
Hands-on science to do at home
Public engagement project
We look at historical investigations and ask forensic scientists, ‘what would you do differently today?’
Public engagement project
Learn first-hand some of the techniques forensic scientists use to detect chemicals and illicit drugs with these experiments you can do at home.