BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-6161@eng.ufl.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20231114 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20231115 DTSTAMP:20251201T205850Z URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/mse-seminar-nuclear-forensi cs-and-the-fbi-laboratory/ SUMMARY:MSE Seminar: "Nuclear Forensics and the FBI Laboratory" DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nNuclear forensics is the application of analytical me asurement techniques on radioactive and/or nuclear (RN) materials for the purpose of supporting law enforcement. While scientists have been detectin g and analyzing RN materials for over a century\, it was the fall of the former Soviet Union and several high-profile RN smuggling attempts that br ought attention to the challenges of using such results in courts of law.\ n\nThis presentation will give a brief history of the development of nucle ar forensics in the U.S. as well as the FBI Laboratory's current nuclear f orensic capabilities.\nBio\nJames Blankenship\, Ph.D.\nForensic Examiner\n Federal Bureau of Investigation\nDr. James Blankenship is a qualified for ensic examiner with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at the FBI L aboratory\, Quantico\, Virginia\, where he leads the examination/analysis of items of evidence containing or contaminated with radioactive/nuclear m aterials. Dr. Blankenship has received numerous awards\, including the 200 8 FBI Director’s Award for Science and Technology and the US Air Force A cademy’s Outstanding Academy Educator Award. Dr. Blankenship received a BS in Chemistry from Virginia Military Institute\, an MS in Materials Engi neering from the University of Dayton\, and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Texas A&\;M University. CATEGORIES:Seminars LOCATION:Rhines Hall Room 125\, 549 Gale Lemerand Drive\, Gainesville\, FL\ , 32611\, United States GEO:29.644403;-82.350403 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=549 Gale Lemerand Drive\, G ainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Rhines Hall Room 125:geo:29.644403,-82.350403 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR