WORLD OF COAL ASH (WOCA) - May 4-7, 2009 in Lexington, Kentucky

Paper Guidelines

DUE DATE

The paper deadline, for the proceedings volume, is March 23, 2009.

  • Paper SUBMIT Form - TBA - use IE for best results.
  • Problems? See form hints.

OR

SUBMIT VIA EMAIL TO:
Ms. Alice Marksberry
University of Kentucky
Center for Applied Energy Research
2540 Research Park Drive
Lexington, KY 40511-8410, USA
Phone: 859-257-0311
Fax: 859-257-0220
Email: wocasubmission@caer.uky.edu

  • Your registration form and fee must be received at OISTL. (They must be received by April 1, 2009, to take advantage of the lower registration fee.)

  • Your Ash Library Permission form (optional).

To publish a paper in the Proceedings Volume, an oral or poster presentation must be made. If a presentation (oral or poster) is not made, the paper will be deleted from the Proceedings Volume.

All presentations, provided they are made, are expected to be represented by a paper in the Proceedings Volume. Papers may be supplemented by Power Point slides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceedings Volume Paper Guidelines (Oral & Poster Presentations)

Paper:

Submit Proceedings Paper (oral or poster) in Acrobat (.pdf) format
  - Do not activate security.
  - If Acrobat format is not an option, Word or WordPerfect may be submitted.
  - Fill in the "document properties" information*

Paper Formatting Instructions:

  • General
  • Electronic copy (pdf - preferred) or (Word, WordPerfect) ONLY formats accepted
  • Page size - Please choose a standard U. S. or European page size, such as letter (8.5" x 11"), legal (8.5" x 14") or A4 (210mm x 297 mm)
  • Prefer 8.5" x 11" for page size
            - WordPerfect: File / Page Setup / Size / Letter 8.5 x 11 inches
            - Word: File / Page Setup / Paper Size / Letter 8.5 x 11 inches
  • Margins - all margins on all pages 1 inch
  • Font - Helvetica or Arial preferred
  • Page numbers are fine, but not mandatory
  • Justification - left justified (flush left) - no right or full justification

  • Parts of Paper
  • Title - 20 point bold
  • Authors - 14 point bold
  • list primary author first
  • followed by other authors
  • use superscript numbers to identify organization/address
  • Organizations - 12 point; use appropriate superscript number followed by name/address of organization
  • Keywords - 12 point
  • Body (text of paper) - 12 point
  • do not use lines, bars, etc., which are generated using "fill"
  • Since this is an international meeting, please use SI units (or in parentheses following English units)
  • a reference site for SI units and nomenclature: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/
  • a reference site providing conversions: http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html
  • use colors instead of textures/patterns for delineation (as within bars or columns)
  • make sure "medium" is selected for the lines of the outside border of figures/graphs instead of "fine"
  • no page limit
  • Bibliography/References - 12 point

See:
SAMPLE PAPER (Word)



*How to Fill in the Document Properties section of a Word and/or PDF document:

Improve the searchablity and ranking of your paper by filling in the Document Properties information within your PDF Proceedings Paper.

  • Acrobat (PDF):
  • Open Paper within Acrobat program
  • File / Document Properties
  • Select the "Description" tab
  • Place the title in the "Title Field" box
  • Place ALL of the authors in the "Author Field" box
  • Place keywords (minimum of 5) in the "Keyword Field" box
  • Click "okay" button
  • Save the file
  • Word (DOC):
  • Open Paper within Word program
  • File / Properties
  • Select the "Summary" tab
  • Place the title in the "Title Field" box
  • Place ALL of the authors in the "Author Field" box
  • Place keywords (minimum of 5) in the "Keyword Field" box
  • Click "ok" button
  • Save the file