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Indiana Tech’s McMillen Library is presenting the Field Insights Speaker Series<\/a> this academic year. These free presentations gives Indiana Tech students, staff, faculty and the Fort Wayne community an opportunity to explore various career paths. Our speakers are local professionals from a wide array of fields providing insights into what their job entails. The first set of events coincide with National Forensics Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, Sept. 16 | 2:30-4 p.m.<\/strong>
In McMillen Library, Snyder Academic Center<\/strong>
Topic: Forensic Firearm Identification<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stacey Hartman, the forensic firearm identification supervisor from the Indiana State Police Regional Laboratory in Fort Wayne, gives a brief overview of the Indiana State Police Laboratory and the responsibilities of the forensic firearm identification unit. Included will be basic terminology and foundational concepts related to forensic analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, Sept. 17 | 3-4:30 p.m.<\/strong>
In McMillen Library, Snyder Academic Center<\/strong>
Topic: Bloodstain Pattern Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ashley Luther, forensic biology supervisor at the Indiana State Police Laboratory in Indianapolis, discusses what patterns in bloodstaining tell us about a crime scene and how math, biology and physics are used to interpret blood evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, Sept. 18 | 3-4:30 p.m.<\/strong>
In McMillen Library, Snyder Academic Center<\/strong>
Topic: Controlled Substances<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brittany Borzych, forensic scientist from the Indiana State Police Regional Laboratory in Fort Wayne, discusses the analysis of controlled substances at the Indiana State Police Laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, Sept. 19 | 5-6:30 p.m.<\/strong>
In McMillen Library, Snyder Academic Center<\/strong>
Topic: DNA Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melanie Wendhausen and Adam Moore, forensic scientists from the Indiana State Police Regional Laboratory in Fort Wayne, discuss how the Indiana State Police Laboratory conducts forensic DNA analysis, from examination to interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, Sept. 20 | 2:30-4 p.m.<\/strong>
In McMillen Library, Snyder Academic Center<\/strong>
Topic: Fingerprint Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michele Stoffel, Forensic Scientist in the Latent Print Unit from the Indiana State Police Laboratory in Fort Wayne, discusses forensic comparative science with a focus on latent prints that includes the fundamentals of friction ridge skin, processing items of evidence, and a look at the day in the life of a latent print analyst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional Speaker Series at Tech<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The College of Arts and Sciences is launching its Science Seminar<\/a> this academic year to provide students with professional development opportunities. Science Seminar events are held once a month on Wednesdays, from 12-1 p.m. They are free and open to the public. A light lunch will be served at each event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The College of Business will launch its seminar series later this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-157488","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFree career-focused speaker series starts in September; all are welcome - Indiana Tech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/two-tech-speaker-series-to-kick-off-soon\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/two-tech-speaker-series-to-kick-off-soon\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/two-tech-speaker-series-to-kick-off-soon\/\",\"name\":\"Free career-focused speaker series starts in September; 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