The Trace Materials Subcommittee focuses on standards and guidelines related to examination and interpretation of physical evidence that may result from the transfer of small or minute quantities of materials (e.g., hairs, fibers, paint, tape, glass, geological materials).
Officers | Members | Standards | Other Work Products
Diana Wright, Ph.D., Subcommittee Chair, Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory
Celeste Grover, Subcommittee Vice Chair, Oregon State Police Forensic Services Division
Jenny Lounsbury, Subcommittee Executive Secretary, Texas Department of Public Safety
Jason Beckert, Microtrace LLC
Catherine Brown, Collaborative Testing Services (CTS)
Patrick Buzzini, Sam Houston State University
Enid Camps, State of California, Department of Justice (Legal Task Group representative)
Ruthmara Corzo, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Amy Duhaime, Rhode Island Crime Laboratory
David Edwards, JEOL USA, Inc.
Troy Ernst, Michigan State Police Grand Rapids Forensic Laboratory
Josh Friedman, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kris Gates, Oregon State Police
Gwyneth Gordon, Arizona State University
Susan Gross, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Ethan Groves, Microtrace LLC
Katherine Igowsky, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Wayne Isphording, Tierra Consulting
Patrick Jones, Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory
Daniel Mabel, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL)
Ted Manasian, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Michelle Mercer, Monroe County Crime Laboratory
Troy Nowak, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL)
Edward Pollock Chip, Sacramento County District Attorney's Office - Laboratory of Forensic Services
Meghan Prusinowski, West Virginia University
Jennifer Remy, North Carolina State Crime Laboratory (Quality Task Group representative)
Alex Rugh, Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Ian Saginor, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Michael Smith, Federal Bureau of Investigation (Statistics Task Group representative)
Libby Stern, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tatiana Trejos, West Virginia University
Jodi Webb, Federal Bureau of Investigation
OSAC 2022-S-0015, Standard Guide for Physical Fit Examination (added November 1, 2022 and sent to ASTM for further development and publication).
OSAC 2022-S-0015, Standard Guide for Physical Fit Examination (OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry).
REVISION to ASTM E2224, Standard Guide for Forensic Analysis of Fibers by Infrared Spectroscopy.
REVISION to ASTM E2225, Standard Guide for Forensic Examination of Fabrics and Cordage.
REVISION to ASTM E2227, Standard Guide for Forensic Examination of Non-Reactive Dyes in Textile Fibers by Thin-Layer Chromatography.
REVISION to ASTM E2228, Standard Guide for Microscopical Examination of Textile Fibers.
REVISION to ASTM E2926, Standard Test Method for Forensic Comparison of Glass Using Micro X-ray Fluorescence (μ-XRF) Spectrometry.
REVISION to ASTM E2927, Standard Test Method for Determination of Trace Elements in Soda-Lime Glass Samples Using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry for Forensic Comparisons.
Standard Guide for the Collection, Analysis, and Comparison of Forensic Glass Samples.
OSAC 2022-S-0017, Standard Guide for Microspectrophotometry in Forensic Fiber Analysis.
OSAC 2022-S-0019, Standard Guide for Forensic Examination of Fibers.
OSAC 2022-S-0029, Standard Guide for Interpretation and Reporting in Forensic Comparisons of Trace Materials.
OSAC 2023-N-0005, Standard Practice for Training a Forensic Glass Practitioner.
Standard Guide for Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)/ Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) Analysis of Soils and Geological Materials for Forensic Applications.
Standard Guide for the Analysis of Soils and Other Geological Evidence for Criminal Forensic Applications.
Standard Guide for Polarized Light Microscopy of Soils and Geological Materials for Forensic Applications.
Standard Guide for Assessing Physical Characteristics and Using Light Microscopy in Forensic Tape Examinations.
Standard Guide for Using Raman Spectroscopy in Forensic Polymer Examinations.
Standard Guide for Using Light Microscopy in Forensic Paint Examinations.
Standard Practice for Interpretation and Report Writing in Forensic Comparisons of Trace Materials.
Standard Guide for Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy in Forensic Tape Examinations.
Standard Practice for Physical Fit Training Program for Forensic Comparisons of Trace Materials.
Trace Recovery Guide.
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These documents may contain information to help forensic scientists, judges, lawyers, researchers, and other readers better understand the nature, scope, and foundations of the individual disciplines as currently practiced. The identification of these documents does not represent an endorsement by OSAC or NIST. Only standards that are posted on the OSAC Registry and Technical Guidance documents, are endorsed by OSAC. The referenced documents may be subject to copyright. Note: Subcommittee position statements or responses to data collections by the subcommittee do not necessarily represent the position of OSAC or NIST.