2015 ASEE Southeast Section Conference
Title of Paper
Author Name[1] [additional Authors[2]]
Abstract – Place here a brief abstract of the paper. The paper must include an abstract, which should be no more than a single paragraph and 150 words. This abstract is an abbreviated version of the extended abstract that accompanies the paper.
Keywords: Place here a brief list of keywords (no more than 5) that may be used to search for your paper on the CD-ROM.
Primary Heading
The primary heading is used to separate major sections of the paper. Notice that there are no columns in this format. Not having columns increases the readability on the CD-ROM. If the paper is submitted in pdf format, the illustrations can be in color and color can be used in the text to accentuate your points.
When preparing your paper, please use this template as it exists, including all of the predefined styles and headings. This will improve the consistency of the papers in appearance. Paper length is limited to 10 pages including references.
Secondary Section Heading
Secondary Headings are the next level of Headings.
References in the text of the paper should be indicated with ascending numbers in brackets; example: [1], then [2], etc. and labeled as such in the References section. See below for example of authors listed in the ‘References’ section.
References
[1] Author1, First Name and First Name Author2, Book Title, Publisher, Place, Year, pg.
[2]Author1, First Name and First Name Author2, “Paper Title,” Journal Title, Publisher, Place, Year, pg.
Name of the paper’s First Author
Please provide biographical data for the first author of the paper in this space. The biographical data should include academic credentials and current affiliation and may include information about teaching, research, and professional accomplishments. This section should be no more than 8 lines in length.
Name of the paper’s Second Author
Place the biographical data about the second author here. Include other authors in the same manner.
Specific Formatting for the Paper
The formatting is quite simple. If you are using WORD, you can open a new document using this file as the template. Or you can open this file and modify it to contain your paper. Beware of “cut and paste” that will bring different formatting to your paper. Hint: Do Paste Special…. and change to Unformatted Text. If you are not using the template, here are the detailed specifications for your final paper.
Margins and Title
The entire paper’s margins are one inch (above, below, right, and left) and the font is ‘Times New Roman’ for the entire paper including the Title. Paragraphs are left aligned only. Title of paper is 20 point, bold, centered with a spacing of 18 points before and 3 points after. The author name(s) are centered below the title, 12 point italics and bold with a spacing of 3 points before and 42 points after. If there are multiple authors, they must be divided by commas (,). The professional affiliation and mailing and e-mailing addresses for each author is a footnote text on the first page of the paper. First line of this footnote text is indented an additional one-half inch, Times New Roman, and 10 point with a spacing of 4 points before and 4 points after.
Abstract
The abstract heading is 12 point, bold, followed by a space then a dash. Text of abstract is 10 point and follows the dash. Following the abstract text is a list of keywords. The keywords heading is 10 point, italics, followed by a colon and has a spacing of 6 points before and 6 points after.
Primary and Secondary Section Headings
The Primary Headings are 12 point, capitalized, bold, centered, with a paragraph spacing of 12 points before and 3 points after. The text following the primary headings is 10 point, with a spacing of 6 points before and 3 points after. The Secondary Section Headings are 10 point, bold, left adjusted, with a paragraph spacing of 6 points before and 0 points after. The text between the subheadings is 10 point, with a paragraph spacing of 6 points before and 3 points after.
Citing Sources and the Reference Section
The Reference requirement is to list and number each reference in numerical order. When referring to them in the text of the paper, type the number inside square brackets – example: [1], as was explained on page one.
Paging and Numbering
Pages arenot numbered. Pages do have a header and footer centered as shown in 10 point Bold Italics.
Biographical Information
The Biographical information of each of the authors directly follows the reference section. Each author’s name is left adjusted and introduced by a Secondary Section heading.
Submitting Your Paper
Once you are satisfied with your paper, please convert it over to PDF file format. If all papers in the CD Proceedings are PDF the reading of the papers will be better for all.
© American Society for Engineering Education, 2015
[1] Professional affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail address of first author
[2] Professional affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail address of second author