2024
Hannah LaVoie, Victoria L. McGuffin, and Ruth Waddell Smith. The Ruggedness of a Kinetic Model to Predict Chromatograms of Gasoline Under Different Evaporation Conditions. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Feb. 2024 (Oral)
2022
Andrew Sacha, Victoria L. McGuffin, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Distinction of Cathinone Isomers and Fentanyl Isomers based on Statistical Comparison of Mass Spectra. Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists Annual Meeting, Niagra Falls, NY, Oct. 2022 (Oral)
Andrew Sacha, Victoria L. McGuffin, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Evaluating the Robustness and Ruggedness of a Statistical Method to Compare Mass Spectra. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Feb. 2022 (Oral, hybrid)
2021
Otyllia R. Abraham and Ruth Waddell Smith. Optical and Chemical Characterization and Identification of Crystalline Structures in Cannabis Solvent Extracts. SciX Conference, Oct. 2021 (Oral, virtual)
2020
Amber L. Gerheart and Ruth Waddell Smith. Comparison of Multivariate Statistical Models to Classify Fentanyl Analogs According to Structural Subclass. Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Chicago, IL, Mar. 2020 (Poster)
Hannah K. Clause, Victoria L. McGuffin, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Investigating the Robustness of a Statistical Method to Compare Mass Spectra of Fentanyl Analogs. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Feb. 2020 (Oral)
Briana A. Capistran, Victoria L. McGuffin, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Practical Application of a Kinetic Model to Generate Predicted Reference Collections for the Identification of Ignitable Liquids in Fire Debris Samples. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Feb. 2020 (Oral)
Amanda L. Setser, Victoria L. McGuffin, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Refinement and Application of a Kinetic Model to Predict Evaporation of Gasoline for Fire Debris Analysis. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Feb. 2020 (Oral)
2019
Rebecca L. Boyea and Ruth Waddell Smith. Statistical Association of Fired Cartridge Residues using PCA and HCA. Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Lancaster, PA, Nov. 2019 (Poster)
Briana A. Capistran, Victoria L. McGuffin, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Generating Reference Collections of Evaporated Liquids using a Kinetic-Based Model. Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists Fall Meeting, Louisville, KY, Oct. 2019 (Oral)
Otyllia R. Abraham and Ruth Waddell Smith. Characterization and Identification of Crystalline Structures within Butane Hash Oil (BHO). Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists Fall Meeting, Louisville, KY, Oct. 2019 (Oral)
Amber Gerheart and Ruth Waddell Smith. Development and Optimization of a Linear Discriminant Analysis Model to Classify Fentanyl Analogs According to Structural Subclass. Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists Fall Meeting, Louisville, KY, Oct. 2019 (Poster)
Emma L. Stuhmer, Victoria L. McGuffin, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Statistical Comparison of Mass Spectral Data for Positional Isomer Differentiation. Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 2019 (NIJ Poster)
Emma L. Stuhmer, Victoria L. McGuffin, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Statistical Comparison of Mass Spectral Data for Positional Isomer Differentiation. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, Feb. 2019 (Poster)
2018
Trevor E. Curtis and Ruth Waddell Smith. Chemical Characterization of Tattoo Inks to Aid in Identification of Highly Decomposed Remains. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Feb. 2018 (Oral)
Natasha K. Eklund, Victoria L. McGuffin, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Refinement of a Mathematical Model to Predict Evaporation of Gasoline. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Feb. 2018 (Poster)
Amanda L. Setser and Ruth Waddell Smith. Classification of Synthetic Phenethylamines According to Structural Subclass using Multivariate Statistical Procedures. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Feb. 2018 (Poster)
2017
Alexandria L. Anstett, David E. Alonso, A. Daniel Jones, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Development of a Characterization Scheme for Emerging Synthetic Phenethylamines. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Feb. 2017 (Poster)
2016
Fanny Chu, A. Daniel Jones, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Strategies for Classification and Annotation of Novel Synthetic Designer Drugs. American Society for Mass Spectrometry Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, June 2016 (Poster)
Cyntia Kaeser, A. Daniel Jones, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Differentiation of Cathinone Isomers using High-Resolution Collision-Induced Dissociation Mass Spectrometry (CID-MS). American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 2016 (Oral)
Alexandria Anstett, Fanny Chu, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Characterization of Synthetic Phenethylamines using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 2016 (Oral)
Trevor Curtis, John Buchweitz, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Elemental Composition of Tattooo Inks as an Identification Tool. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 2016 (Poster)
Kristen L. Reese, A. Daniel Jones, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Differentiation of Commercial Ammunition Sources of Unburned and Corresponding Burned Smokeless Powders based on Chemical Composition using Mass Spectrometry and Principal Components Analysis. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 2016 (Poster)
2015
Alexandria Anstett and Ruth Waddell Smith. Absolute and Kendrick Mass Defects for the Characterization of Synthetic Phenethylamines According to Structural Subclass. Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists Fall Meeting, Mackinac Island, MI, Sep. 2015 (Poster)
Trevor E. Curtis, John Buchweitz, and Ruth Waddell Smith. Elemental Analysis of Tattoo Inks for Color Differentiation. Midwester Association of Forensic Scientists Fall Meeting, Mackinac Island, MI, Sep. 2015 (Poster)
Fanny Chu and Ruth Waddell Smith. Mass Defect Filters for the Classification of Emerging Synthetic Designer Drug Analogs. American Society for Mass Spectrometry Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, June 2015 (Poster)
Fanny Chu and Ruth Waddell Smith. Quantification of Controlled Substances in Simulated Samples using ATR-FTIR and Principal Components Regression. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Feb. 2015 (Oral)
Rebecca J. Brehe, John W. McIlroy, Ruth Waddell Smith, and Victoria L. McGuffin. Mathematical Modeling of Evaporated Petroleum Distillate Standards. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Feb. 2015 (Poster)