Number of Pages
Papers must be 35 pages or less using the formatting detailed below.

Abstract
An abstract of 500 words or fewer should precede the body of the paper. Four or five key words should also be included.

Title

• No separate title page.
• Title should be bold and centered at the top of the first page.
• Authors' names with superscript numbers should be two lines under title.
• Abstract should be two lines below the authors' names.
• Footer of first page should include authors' affiliations designated by superscript plus indicate which author made the oral presentation.

• No headers or footers should be shown, except the footer on the first page indicating authors' affiliation.

• No lists of figures or tables.
• Figures and tables should be placed in the text as close to the first reference to them as possible.
• Figure titles in bold below the Figure using upper/lower case letters.
• Table titles in bold above the Table using upper/lower case letters centered.
• Make sure scales and headings are readable in final form.

• The margins should be set at Top 1.2 in, Left, Right and Bottom 2.0 in.
• Font; "Times Roman," 12 pt.
• Left justify, but do not full justify paragraphs.
• Single space paragraph (indent first line), no lines between paragraphs.
• Do not italicize, bold or underline words within the text.
• All units in a paper must be consistently English or S.I. units. Unit symbols do not change in the plural and are not followed by periods (i.e. 3 km and not 3 kms). If an abbreviation of a unit consists of a word, use a period.
• Write out in words the numbers from one to ten unless they describe units of measures, tables or figures.
• Be consistent with any other items.

• All Text Headings in upper and lower case.
  
• Major headings to be centered, in bold, with two lines to paragraph.
  
• Sub-headings to be italics and bold with one line to paragraph.
  
• Sub-sub headings in italics followed by paragraph.
  

• References should be listed and numbered at the end of the paper in order of appearance in the text.
  
• References in the text should be bracketed ( ) unless part of a bracket, then use square bracket [ ].
  
• Author(s) names should be first name (or initials) followed by last name (e.g. Stephen Brown or B.E. Ruth).
  
• Use quotation marks to designate paper title. Do not bold, underline, or italicize. Title of journal, volume, and year should also be indicated consistently.