The researchers then verified the model by shooting at sponges soaked in pig's blood, and measuring the resulting
spatter patterns.
But the current methods for analysing blood
spatter patterns are incomplete, says Alexander Yarin at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
This type of research can help us learn about the physical forces controlling blood
spatter patterns, says Mike Illes of Trent University in Ontario, Canada.
«It's kind of like looking at a murder scene, like those people who examine blood
spatter patterns on the walls.
I was invited to visit Excel by science teacher Michael Harris, whose Forensic Science class was analyzing blood
spatter patterns when we came in.
Not exact matches
Bloodstain
pattern analysis involves studying blood
spatters on walls, floors and furniture, using the length and width...
Becoming known in the 1980s for anecdotal figuration, he has moved through alternations and combinations of abstraction and representation, deploying varied technical means: geometric
pattern; stenciling; apparently casual daubing; stipple and
spatter; ornamental calligraphic design.
But there is plenty of contrast in the local artist's exuberant work, which pours or
spatters coils of thick pigment across areas of cleanly spray - painted color fields or honeycomb
patterns.
Training and Professional Certification: Though training is mostly on the job, in some States, blood
spatter analysts are required to be certified by the International Association of Bloodstain
Pattern Analysts before being allowed to practice