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RIDE Center Faculty Fellow - Ashley Evanoski-Cole, Ph.D.

Ashley Evanoski-Cole, Associate Professor of Chemical and Physical Sciences

Dr. Ashley Evanoski-Cole joined Westfield in Fall 2020 with a background in analytical chemistry and atmospheric science. Her research interests include air quality, environmental analysis, forensics, and chemistry education. She is passionate about breaking down real and perceived barriers to make chemistry and STEM topics accessible and fun for students with any background.

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Projects

CHEM 343: Criminal Forensics - “Building Microfluidic Devices for Forensics Testing”

At the RIDE Center, Dr. Jarvinen and Dr. Evanoski-Cole led students in a pilot Criminal Forensics course on how to design, build, and evaluate microfluidic devices to test for explosive material. Using a simple "Ampli" kit, this exercise allowed students of all science backgrounds to understand how a sophisticated color test device works.
This device is similar to the testing kits currently used by real forensics scientists.
Students then used their devices at a mock crime scene to test if any chemicals they found were explosive.

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