Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Research Day 2016, pp. 1-2, March 2016
Template and instructions for extended abstracts
M.F.B. Abdollah1,2,*, H. Amiruddin1,2, B.T. Tee3
1)
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka,
Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.
2)
Centre for Advanced Research on Energy, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka,
Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.
3)
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,
43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
*
Corresponding e-mail: mohdfadzli@utem.edu.my
Keywords: One; two; three (maximum of three keywords)
ABSTRACT – This is the template and instructions for
extended abstracts. Authors are advised to read the
extended abstract guidelines carefully and follow them
strictly.
1.
INTRODUCTION
The extended abstract should be written in English
including figures, tables and references.
The abstracts should be 2-pages in length. The
abstracts accepted for presentation will be published in
the conference proceeding with e-ISBN, subject to author
registration and payment. The proceedings will be
indexed in Google Scholar. In addition, the proceedings
will also be submitted to Thomson Reuters (ISI)
Conference Proceedings Citation Index™ for indexing
consideration in Web of Science® coverage.
2.
Properties
3.
Table 1 Table caption
Data
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SUBMISSION
ABSTRACT
OF
THE
EXTENDED
You can fill in this template file and submit in
Microsoft Word format.
Your abstract must be submitted online. For further
information, feel free to visit MERD’16 website via:
http://merd16.utem.edu.my
FORMAT
Note that the abstract for MERD’16 must not
exceed 2 printed pages and the submission can be found
in the next section.
The font type and size are as follows:
a. Title : Arial size 14 (capitalize only for the
first character)
b. Others : Times New Roman size 10.
The structure of the extended abstract should have:
a. Abstract (maximum of 100 words)
b. Introduction
c. Methodology
d. Results and Discussion
e. Conclusions
f. Acknowledgement (option)
g. References
2.1 Fable, figure and equations
Format for table and figure are as in Table 1 and
Figure 1.
Equations should be labeled as in Equation (1) with
a number towards the right margin, in case there is more
than one equation.
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pI dA
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© Centre for Advanced Research on Energy
(1)
Max. 80 mm
Figure 1 One-column illustration
4.
SUMMARY
The abstract of MERD’16 should be prepared in
accordance with the instructions listed below:
a. Template: use this template,
b. Total page number: 2 pages,
c. Margins: 20 mm (left, right, top, bottom) and
10 mm for the middle margin,
d. Online Submission.
e. If the last page of your paper is only partially
filled, arrange the columns so that they are
evenly balanced if possible, rather than having
one long column.
Abdollah et al., 2015
5.
Format for references must be in IEEE style:
SUBMISSION OF FULL-LENGTH PAPER
(OPTIONAL)
Journal articles
Authors with accepted extended abstracts may
proceed with the submission of high quality manuscripts
(full-length paper) for possible publication in special
issue of Scopus index journal.
[1] J.L. Mo, Z.G. Wang, G.X. Chen, T.M. Shao, M.H.
Zhu, and Z.R. Zhou, “The effect of groove-textured
surface on friction and wear and friction-induced
vibration and noise,” Wear, vol. 301, no. 1–2, pp.
671–681, 2013.
REFERENCES
References should be cited in the text either in:
a. .... as previous study [1].
b. .... as previous study [1-4].
c. .... as previous study [2,5,7].
d. For one or two authors: “…Amiruddin and
Abdollah [3] stated that ….”
e. For more than two authors: “…Abdollah et al.
[2] found that ….”
Conference papers
[1] A.Z.I. Abdullah, M.F.B. Abdollah, B.T. Tee, H.
Amiruddin, A.K. Mat Yamin, N. Tamaldin,
“Thermal
performance
of
carbon-based
microencapsulated phase change materials,” in
Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Research
Day 2015, 2015, pp. 19–20.
Books
[1] W. Strunk Jr, and E.B. White, The elements of style,
4th ed. New York: Longman; 2000.
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