Student Projects and Research Interests
We offer a wide range of subject material that can be studied through the MSc project phase. Projects may be undertaken in-house or within an industrially relevant environment.
Students often work with research teams within the Cranfield Forensic Institute and the high quality of the projects frequently results in new discoveries and publishable data.
Students may choose from a suggested list of projects or may, with appropriate guidance, construct their own project.
A number of examples of recent projects is provided below.
Forensic Science
- Ageing of Human Bone
- Blood Analysis
- Impact and Trauma Biomechanics
- Ion Beam Analysis
- Mechanical and Ballistic Properties of Polycarbonate/ Riot Shield Applications
- Effects of Fire on Small Commercial Gas Cylinders
- Effects of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin Exposure on bone material properties
- Measurement of 9mm Cartridge Case External Temperatures and its Forensic Application
- Techniques for the Enhancement of Bloodied Marks - (Hayley Jackson-Smith is a former student)
- Trace Element Analysis in Biological and Environmental Materials
- Trace Element and Isotopic Provenancing
- DNA
Student Projects
Centre for Archaeological and Forensic Analysis
Centre for Forensic Anthropology Research
