Case Western
Reserve University
The Case
School of Engineering
Civil Engineering Graduate Student Research
Symposium
The following is intended to provide
additional information about the Symposium details. We will post this information as it emerges.
(1)
Additional Abstract Format Details – An example from last year has been posted as a
format template. We are flexible about
format details. Please keep the
abstract to one page, and put it in a form that you think looks good. However, you must include full author
contact information including a mail and e-mail address for all authors.
Abstracts will be distributed to everyone at the symposium, and we want to
encourage follow-up contact.
(2)
Session Organization – We plan to have sessions concentrating on all the major areas of
Civil Engineering Research. However, we
will not actually design the sessions (i.e. where and in what order papers will
be given) until we have received sufficient abstracts. If you have specific
requests such as wanting an afternoon session, please include these with your
abstract. We will do everything we can
to accommodate all special requests.
(3)
Presentation Options - You may elect to make either a poster or podium presentation. We
encourage podium presentations using powerpoint, but will accommodate all forms
of presentation (slides, overheads, ???).
Let us know if you want to make a poster presentation and want us to provide
the poster board. We will provide a 3 x 4 poster frame that will hold 16 full
pages of presentation. and a stand to hold it at eye level for each
poster. You may, of course, bring your
own and avoid the trouble of assembling the poster here.
(4)
Paper Options
– You will be invited to submit a full paper on the subject of your
presentation after the symposium. The
due date for this will probably be in August. This may be an extended abstract
or a full manuscript. Detailed typing
instructions will be posted. This paper
is encouraged, but optional. We want
you to publish your work, but if you plan to publish it elsewhere that is
fine. This is an opportunity, not a
requirement.
(5)
Food -
There will be coffee and a light breakfast available in the morning. There will also be a lunch. The symposium will end before dinner.
(6)
Travel Plans
- If you plan to travel here the day before the symposium, or to stay on after
the symposium let us know. We may be
able to help with accommodation recommendations. The symposium will be on the
CWRU campus in the Bingham Building.
You can find travel directions and maps to the CWRU campus and a campus
building locator on the University’s web page http://www.cwru.edu/welcome.html.
(7)
Who Should Attend ? - Please bring your fellow students, even if they were not bold enough
to make a presentation. This will be a
good opportunity for everyone to meet other people working in similar areas.
(8) Who Should Attend ?
- Please bring your advisor or other faculty from your department. We will be glad to introduce them, and to
make sure that they have something to do during the symposium. Let us know if they would be interested in
organizing and/or chairing a session.
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More details to come . . . . . .
For
additional information contact:
Dr. Aaron A. Jennings
Department of Civil
Engineering
Case Western Reserve
University
Cleveland, OH 44106-7201
(216) 368-4998 (Fax: 216-368-5229)
aaj2@po.cwru.edu