Mechanical Engineering Research Day 2015
31 March 2015 - Melaka, Malaysia, pp. 1-2
© Centre for Advanced research on Energy
Template and instructions for extended abstracts
M.F.B. Abdollah1,2,*, B.T. Tee1
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.
*
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.
Table 1 Table caption
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 a unique ISBN.
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.
2.
Properties
Data
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3.
SUBMISSION
ABSTRACT
OF
THE
EXTENDED
You can fill in this template file and upload it as a
PDF file (for initial extended abstract). For cameraready extended abstract, Word file is required.
Your abstract must be submitted online via
EasyChair:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=merd15
FORMAT
Note that the abstract for MERD’15 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
Max. 80 mm
Figure 1 One-column illustration
4.
The abstract of MERD’15 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. Submission
of
the
abstract
via
EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?
conf=merd15
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.
2.1 Table, 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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SUMMARY
(1)
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Abdollah et al., 2015
5.
Format for references must be in IEEE style:
SUBMISSION OF FULL-LENGTH PAPER
Authors with accepted extended abstracts may
proceed with the submission of high quality
manuscripts for publication in special issues in one
of our supporting journals, subject to their normal
peer-review procedures:
a. Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences and Engineering) SCOPUS indexed journal.
b. Journal of Mechanical Engineering and
Technology - MyCite indexed journal.
c. Journal of Engineering and Technology.
Submission of manuscript is limited to the
participants of MERD'15 only. Manuscripts together
with the submission form are to be submitted to Dr.
Mohd Fadzli, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka via
e-mail at mohdfadzli@utem.edu.my by 30 June 2015.
Authors MUST follow the instructions of the Guide for
Authors of the journals.
Links to the journal websites are provided via
MERD’15
website
at
http://merd15.weebly.com/submission--publication.html
6.
Journal articles
[1] J.L. Mo, Z.G. Wang, G.X. Chen, T.M. Shao, M.H.
Zhu, and Z.R. Zhou, “The effect of groovetextured surface on friction and wear and frictioninduced vibration and noise,” Wear, vol. 301, no.
1–2, pp. 671–681, 2013.
Conference papers
[2] M. Ashafi’e, M.F.B. Abdollah, N. Ismail, and H.
Amiruddin, “Pre-materials selection for eco-aware
lightweight friction material,” in 9th International
Materials Technology Conference and Exhibition,
2014, pp. 1–4.
Books
[3] W. Strunk Jr, and E.B. White, The elements of
style, 4th ed. New York: Longman; 2000.
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 ….”
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