About the facility
This to our main forensic examination laboratory. Here, we have an array of specialized equipment and tools specifically designed to support students in their learning and practical exploration of investigative techniques. Here's a list of some of the equipment and activities students conduct in this lab:
- Cyanoacrylate Fuming Chamber: used to develop latent finger-marks on non-porous surfaces.
- Ninhydrin and Indanedione Development Ovens: utilized for developing latent finger-marks on porous surfaces.
- Russell Comparators: used to enlarge small finger-marks for comparison with others.
- Electrostatic Lifting Apparatus (ESLA): enables lifting footwear marks made in dust.
- Digital Capturing System (DCS-5): used to view treated finger-marks under different wavelengths, including ultraviolet light.
- FORAM Raman Spectrometer: utilized for the analysis of unknown powders and pen inks using a laser.
- Glass Refraction Index Measurement (GRIM-3): allows the analysis of glass found at crime scenes.
- GL-Scanner: used to photograph dust prints that have been lifted with a gel.
- Crime-lite torches and goggles: used to visualize exhibits under different wavelengths to observe their fluorescent properties.
- 30x DSLR camera and tripods: utilized for the "CSI and Photography" course.
- Fibre lifting and examination.
- Blood/saliva/semen presumptive testing and visualization.
- Analysis of bones and bodies found at outdoor crime scenes that have been excavated.
- Osteology: the study of bones.
- Tool-mark and footwear-mark casting.
- Acid dyes for finger-marks left in blood.
- Blood pattern analysis.
Find out more about Science and Technology at NTU
The School of Science and Technology is an exciting multidisciplinary environment for learning, teaching and research, with some of the best facilities in the UK. We specialise in biosciences, chemistry, computing and technology, engineering, forensic science, mathematics, physics and sport science.