10ACWE Abstract Template



10ACWE Presentation Information and Abstract Format

Joe Shmo1, Jane Doe2

1Professor of Civil Engineering, XYZ University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, jschmo@XYZ.edu

2President, Doe Engineering, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, jdoe@

INTRODUCTION

This document describes the three types of presentations and their associated abstracts, abstract format instructions, and abstract submission instructions. This document has been created using the required format. It can therefore be used as a template by simply typing over the existing contents of the file.

PRESENTATION TYPES

There will be three types of presentations at the conference: 1) Normal oral presentations with full written papers; 2) poster presentations (written paper optional); and 3) oral presentations-professional track (written paper optional).

1) Oral presentation with full paper: This is the traditional type of presentation that has been used in the past in this conference series. Written papers will be due March 15, 2005. Formatting instructions will be sent with acceptance notifications.

2) Poster presentation: In addition to providing an alternate means of content delivery that some participants may wish to use, poster presentations are particularly encouraged for works in progress that wouldn’t yet warrant a full paper. This mechanism will provide an opportunity for students and investigators who are not yet finished a project to present their work and potentially get valuable feedback from their colleagues.

3) Oral presentation-professional track: This type of presentation is intended primarily for engineers, architects and other interested practitioners for presentation of case studies of challenging wind design issues, unique wind-resistant design solutions, wind-related forensic investigations, and other wind problems and solutions. The purpose of the professional track is to actively engage a broader audience than the traditional research community. This track will help make the conference more attractive to professionals interested in wind engineering issues, and thus foster more interaction between the research and professional communities.

Abstracts of accepted presentations for all three types will be printed in a book of abstracts. The final proceedings of the conference will be published in CD-ROM and will include the full papers.

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

Abstracts should be submitted electronically, preferably in pdf format. The filename should be 10ACWE-firstauthorslastname. For example, if this document was submitted it would have the filename 10ACWE-Schmo. If a person submits more than one abstract on which he or she is first author, a numeral should be added to the end of the filename (e.g., if Dr. Schmo submits two first author abstracts, the filenames would be 10ACWE-Schmo1 and 10ACWE-Schmo2).

The preferred submission method is via email. For each paper submitted, send an email to 10acwe@hurricane.lsu.edu with the pdf version of the paper attached. If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat or other software to create pdf files, then please submit the word processor file.

Provide full contact information for the corresponding author in the body of the email, and indicate the preferred submission type, 1) oral presentation/full paper 2) poster presentation, or 3) oral presentation-professional track.

ABSTRACT CONTENTS AND LENGTH

Submissions for oral presentation/full paper require an extended abstract. This extended abstract should be a maximum of two pages in length (including tables and figures), and summarize the goals and objectives, methods used, and findings of the research or case study. Submissions for poster presentations and for oral presentations-professional track require a one page abstract.

The following formatting instructions apply to all abstract types – the only difference is the length requirement detailed above.

PAGE LAYOUT AND TEXT FORMAT

Paper size is US Letter, 8.5 inches by 11 inches. The top margin should be 0.8 inches and the other three margins should be 1.0 inches. Use Times New Roman font. Font sizes and styles for the various components of the paper are as follows:

• Title – 14 point, bold, centered

• Author list – 12 point, centered

• Author contact information, 10 point, italics, centered

• Section titles – All capital letters, 11 point, bold, left justified, 6 point spacing after title before body of text.

• Body text – single space, 11 point, fully justified. First line of each paragraph is indented ¼ inch.

• Table and figure titles – 11 point, italics, centered on table or figure. Table titles above tables, figure titles below figures.

UNITS

SI units are preferred. US customary units may be given in parentheses after SI units, at the author’s discretion.

TABLES AND FIGURES

All tables and figures should be numbered. Table titles should be placed above the table. Figure titles should be placed below the figure. Tables and figures may use different fonts and sizes as appropriate (except that table and figure titles should be formatted as specified in previous section). The printed book of abstracts will be slightly reduced in size, so font sizes smaller than 9 points should not be used.

The hard copy book of abstracts will be printed in black and white, so make sure that your figures are readable that way. The final proceedings which will be distributed on CD can incorporate color.

REFERENCES

References should be numbered sequentially in order of appearance, using the Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics referencing format. The following instructions and examples have been reproduced from the JWEIA web site:

All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript.

[1] Y. Tominaga, A. Mochidda, CFD prediction of flowfield and snowdrift around a building complex in a snowy region, J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn. 81 (1999) 273-282.

[2] G.R. Irwin, Onset of fast crack propagation in high strength steel and aluminum alloys, Sagamore Research Conference Proceedings, vol. 2, 1956. p. 289-305.

[3] P.L. Gould, Finite element analysis of shells of revolution, Pitman Advanced Publishing Program, Boston, 1984.

[4] S. Filho, D. Bower, N.J. Smith, The use of predictive bridge management systems to enhance the effective service life, in: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Structural Faults and Repair-95 (London, 1995), Engineering Technics Press, Edinburgh, 1995. pp. 31-37.

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