Facilities
The Forensic Science curriculum is focused on natural and physical sciences. Students enroll in lecture and lab courses in the Departments of Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Physics in addition to the Forensic Science courses. Our dedicated lab spaces give students hands-on experience with instrumentation and software equivalent to that used in forensic laboratories.
Our Drug Chemistry & Toxicology lab equipment includes several Gas Chromatograph - Mass Spectrometry systems (Agilent 7890A/5975C & 8890/5977), a Gas Chromatograph - Triple Quad system (Agilent 8890 / 7000D), two High Performance Liquid Chromatographs with Diode Array Detectors (Agilent Infinity 1260 and Infinity II 1290 UPLC), two Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometers with ATR detection (Thermo-Nicolet iS5 & Smiths Detection Hazmat ID Command System), plus concentrators, balances, sonicators, and solid phase extraction manifolds.
Our Forensic Molecular Biology/DNA lab equipment includes two thermocyclers (Applied Biosystems Veriti & Veriti Pro), two qPCR instruments (Applied Biosystems 7500 Real Time PCR and Quant Studio 5), a plate centrifuge (Eppendorf 5804), two CEs (Applied Biosystems 3500 and SeqStdio Flex Genetic Analyzers), and four data analysis stations (running HID Real Time PCR Analysis Software v 1.3 and GeneMapper ID-X v 1.7).
Our Pattern Evidence laboratory utilizes equipment such as cyanoacrylate processing chambers, stereomicroscopes, micrometers, calipers, as well as specialized software for fingerprint and palmprint identification (CSIpix Case AFIS Biometric Comparison Software) and firearms analysis (Cadre Forensics TopMatch Virtual Comparison Microscopy Software).
Updated 14 Nov 2025.
The Forensic Science curriculum is focused on natural and physical sciences. Students enroll in lecture and lab courses in the Departments of Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Physics in addition to the Forensic Science courses. Our dedicated lab spaces give students hands-on experience with instrumentation and software equivalent to that used in forensic laboratories.
Our Drug Chemistry & Toxicology lab equipment includes several Gas Chromatograph - Mass Spectrometry systems (Agilent 7890A/5975C & 8890/5977), a Gas Chromatograph - Triple Quad system (Agilent 8890 / 7000D), two High Performance Liquid Chromatographs with Diode Array Detectors (Agilent Infinity 1260 and Infinity II 1290 UPLC), two Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometers with ATR detection (Thermo-Nicolet iS5 & Smiths Detection Hazmat ID Command System), plus concentrators, balances, sonicators, and solid phase extraction manifolds.
Our Forensic Molecular Biology/DNA lab equipment includes two thermocyclers (Applied Biosystems Veriti & Veriti Pro), two qPCR instruments (Applied Biosystems 7500 Real Time PCR and Quant Studio 5), a plate centrifuge (Eppendorf 5804), two CEs (Applied Biosystems 3500 and SeqStdio Flex Genetic Analyzers), and four data analysis stations (running HID Real Time PCR Analysis Software v 1.3 and GeneMapper ID-X v 1.7).
Our Pattern Evidence laboratory utilizes equipment such as cyanoacrylate processing chambers, stereomicroscopes, micrometers, calipers, as well as specialized software for fingerprint and palmprint identification (CSIpix Case AFIS Biometric Comparison Software) and firearms analysis (Cadre Forensics TopMatch Virtual Comparison Microscopy Software).
Updated 14 Nov 2025.