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Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

Please consider that your submission will be judged against the following criteria when submitting material for a NAFEMS event:

  • Relevance to the NAFEMS audience,
  • Technical quality,
  • Commercial neutrality,
  • Presentation of results and language,
  • Originality and ethics.

When coming up with a Title

Do
Use Title Case (Capitalise Each Main Word),
Include only well-established acronyms (e.g. FEA, CFD, MBD, V&V, UQ),
Aim for something short yet fitting,
Don’t
Include any software product names or company specific jargon,
Include computational hardware product names,
Use superlative and evaluative phrases (e.g., amazing benefits, empowering sustainable growth).

In your Abstract

Do
Include original text describing a topic relevant to the NAFEMS audience,
Keep it between 300-600 words,
State the engineering problem that you are addressing,
Refer to the methods that you use to address this problem,
Summarise the main conclusion.
Don’t
Add references to external works (e.g. [3]),
Use superlative and evaluative phrases,
Add images or equations.

When preparing an Extended Abstract

Do
Follow the additional guidance included in the template,
Consider this as a document accompanying your presentation that will enable people missing that to catch up.
Favour continuous text over bullets.
Don’t
Submit purely AI generated material.

Working on your Presentation

Do
Focus on what others can learn and utilise: engineering methods, underlying physics, practical lessons learned.
Use the provided template,
Include your name and affiliation on the first slide,
Make sure that texts, graphs and graphics are readable visible when using a projector,
Practice timing, because our Chairs are asked to show no mercy to promote Q&A and discussions
Don’t
Overload slides without visuals,
Include video tutorials of a software tool,
Include any corporate branding except for the opening and closing slides.

 

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