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Dr. J. Graham Rankin, professor in the Marshall University forensic science graduate program, recently participated in the Technical Working Group for Fire and Explosions (TWGFEX) and was re-elected as a co-chair on the Explosives Analysis Laboratory Training Committee.
TWGFEX develops standards and procedures to be followed by fire and bomb scene investigators and laboratory analysts. The TWGFEX meeting was held Dec. 9–12 in Orlando, Fla., in conjunction with the National Center for Forensic Science located on the University of Central Florida campus.
Rankin said the Explosives Analysis Laboratory Training Committee is charged with developing guides for training of forensic scientists who analyze intact explosives and explosives residues from bomb scenes. “Being on this committee with internationally recognized forensic scientists is quite an honor and allows me to better train our students to work in this field,” he said.
Rankin also was re-elected to his co-chairmanship on the Explosives Analysis Laboratory Training Committee. A co-chair on the committee since 2008, he is serving with Lisa Windsor, a supervisory chemist at the Tucson, Ariz., police department.
TWGFEX is sponsored through the Office of Law Enforcement Standards of the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST).
