The ATM will comprise papers presented both in Oral Sessions and Poster Sessions covering Ferrous and Non-ferrous Metallurgy, Metal Sciences and Environment (including Waste and Energy Management). The authors must specify their choice of Oral or Poster presentation of their papers. However, the ATM Technical and Publication Committee shall have the discretion to accept or reject the paper and to finally allocate the paper to Oral/Poster Session. The decision of this Committee will be final.
For both Oral and Poster Session papers, interested participants should submit an abstract of 50 words for publication in the Transactions of IIM and an extended abstract in 500 words for scrutiny by the ATM Publication Committee latest by 31st July, 2006. The texts of these abstracts must be in MS Word using font size 12 normal on one side of A4 size paper in Times New Roman with double spacing. The titles of the papers must be in capital letters, center aligned, in font 14 bold with double spacing along with the names of the authors in bold and their affiliation in font 10. A sample abstract is given below. It is important to adhere to these guidelines.
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(Title: Times New Roman, 14, Bold)
Authors: XXX (Times New Roman, 12, Bold)
Affiliation: XXX (Times New Roman, 10, Bold)
Abstract (Times New Roman, 12, Bold)
Matter (times New Roman, 12, Normal): Lately one of the focus areas in automotive and steel research is the vehicle weight reduction. Many high strength steel have been developed in the last few years with this objective.
Margins: One Top and Bottom sides 1.1 inches, and on Left Right sides 1.2 inches.
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Two hard copies of the abstract along with a CD containing the soft copy clearly labelled with the title of the paper and the name of the first author should be sent to the following address:
Dr. Amit Chatterjee
Chairman, Technical and Publication Committee
NMD-ATM 2006
Tata Steel
Mail Box No. G-51
Jamshedpur - 831001
Abstracts in the same format can also be submitted through e-mail to nmdatm2006office@tatasteel.com.
NO ABSTRACT SUBMITTED AFTER 1ST AUGUST 2006 WILL BE CONSIDERED.