Forensic/Criminology Engineering

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Gabriel Ituarte Ed Robelo Tim Lee Lupe
Segura Monica Leung Mariana Sierra Gloria Lo
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Overview
Design Process Steps

• Definition
• Research
• Brainstorm
• Vote
• Focus
• Delegate
• Prototype
• Test survey
• Refine
• Present

5/5/2003
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Step 1 Define

• To create a new undergraduate major that
• Fosters creativity with applications in todays
  world.
• Hands-on and project-oriented
• Meaningful and interesting

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Step 2 Research

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• Internet
• Surveys
• Course Catalogs
• Asking others

 
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Step 3 Brainstorm
Step 4 Vote
 

• After our first brainstorming session we voted
  on the following top ten Design ideas
• Design Engineering 6. Food/Culinary Eng.
• Home Engineering 7. Ergonomic Engineering
• Criminology/Forensic Eng. 8. Music/Acoustic Eng.
• Game Engineering 9. Energy Resource Eng.
• Sports Engineering 10. Animation/Graphics Eng.

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Step 5, 6, 7-Focus, Delegate Prototype
Acoustics Engineering
Forensic and Criminology Engineering
Applied Strategic Game Engineering
Study of sound, optics, vibration and noise, how
these are generated, their relationship to music
and how they can be enhanced and suppressed.
Involves Design and strategic decision making.
It is the application of statistical and design
principles.
The investigation and analysis of criminal cases,
as well as the reconstruction of failures in
buildings, structures, vehicles, and other systems
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Step 8 Test
Survey Results
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• One survey designed for each group
• Prospective students
• Family and friends
• Employers

0.65 (Prospective students) 0.15 (Family
and friends) 0.2 (Employers)
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Sample Survey Questions
(Scale 1 strongly disagree, 7 strongly agree)
Students When accidents or malfunctions happen,
I am curious as to why and how. Employers I
believe there exists a sufficiently large market
for the investigation and reconstruction of
crimes and engineering failures. Family
friends Well-designed games are important in a
childs development, both physically and
mentally.
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Survey Results Round 1
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Survey Results Round 2
(10 more Cal freshmen and sophomores)
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Forensics and Criminology Engineering
The teaching and research activities of the
Department of Forensics and Criminology
Engineering (FCE) concern the investigation and
analysis of criminal cases, as well as the
reconstruction of accidents and failures in
machines, structures, and other systems.
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Topics
This agenda covers a broad range of specialized
disciplines, including - Genetics, cell
physiology, and cell anatomy - Computer
science, networks, and systems - Statics and
dynamics - Microstructure/physical/ properties
of materials
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Specializations
Due to its multidisciplinary nature, FCE has
been broken down into three specialized paths
- Option I Failure Analysis - Option II
Bio-Chemical Analysis - Option III Computer
Forensics
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Curriculum
JUNIOR YEAR Fall Spring   Statistics 134,
Concepts of Probability 3 - FCE 100- Computer
Simulation - 3
in Forensics Engineering IEOR 165,
Engineering Statistiscs 3 - Civil Eng130,
Mechanics of Materials - 3 FCE 110,
Evaluation of Evidence 3 - Legal Studies 170
Crime and Criminal - 3 Justice FCE
Electives 6 6 Total 15 15  
SENIOR YEAR Fall Spring E190, Technical
Communication 3 - FCE 180, Senior
Project - 4 FCE Electives
6 6  Total
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Option I- Failure Analysis
The study of determining how and why entities
(such as structures and vehicles) fail. Students
will analyze material damage, mechanical failures
and the reconstruction of crimes.

• Lower Division
• E45-Properties of materials
• E36-Statics
• E37-Dynamics

• Upper Division
• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• FCE 125 Deformation and Fracture of
  Materials

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Option II-Bio-Chemical Analysis
The students learn the techniques to investigate
evidence from DNA sequences, polymorphic proteins
and enzymes and antigenic variants found in
various body fluids and samples.

• Upper Division
• Chemical Engineering
• Toxicology
• Molecular and Cell Biology
• Bio Engineering

• Lower Division
• Biology 1A
• Biology 1B
• Chemistry 3A

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Option III- Computer Forensics
Students will study data identification,
recovery, despoliation, security, and validation.
Graduates can apply these concepts to computer
fraud, hacking, identity theft, and other
electronic crimes

• Lower Division
• CS61A-Intro to Programming and Computer Science
• CS61B-Fundamental dynamic data structures
• CS61C-Operation of Digital Computers

• Upper Division
• Electrical Engineering
• Information Mgmt. Systems
• Computer Science
• FCE 121-Information Data Tracking

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Website
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Comments of prototype
In my first year, I dont feel that I am
informed enough to help me decide on which
specific area I want to pursue, so that I can
take the prerequisites that I need to take.
- Andres (MCB) Im curious to hear from
professionals in this field because I dont know
much about it. - Natalie (ME) Is Law
Enforcement an Engineering practice? - Dan
(EECS)
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Step 9-Refinements

• A FCE freshman seminar was added to give
  students an opportunity to explore the 3 FCE
  options

• The 4 sub-majors were reduced to 3 because
  investigation and
• law enforcement were not considered engineering
  disciplines

• A course in engineering ethics is now to be taken
  in the
• second year instead of the fourth year.

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Conclusions

1. Survey ask questions that a person cannot
   automatically say yes or no to. Creating a
   survey is not as easy as we thought.
2. Persona should also be given in the context of
   the user, employer and professor
3. During brainstorming, keep all ideas. After you
   eliminate an idea, it may still be used later on,
   specially after feedback.

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