Spring 2013

ASCE Texas Section Centennial Spring Conference

March 19-23, 2013  Corpus Christi, Texas

Please submit your abstracts directly to Bob Pierry at bob@pierryconsulting.com

This is a general call for papers to be presented and posters to be displayed during the Texas Section Spring Centennial Conference in Corpus Christi, Texas, March 19-23, 2013.  Check the Centennial Conference website, www.TexASCE.org, for more information.

Papers and posters may be the result of a research project, a technical description of a unique project, an innovative idea that has been implemented, a new and useful technology, or an improvement of present practice.  Papers may also be the result of a case study of an ethical or legal question pertaining to civil engineering.

Join other Texas Section members, friends and colleagues from around the country to discuss and learn how the Texas Section began 100 years ago with “A Look Back – Celebrating our Engineering Heritage”.  We look forward to seeing you where it all began back in 1913 in Corpus Christi, Texas!

Requirements for Papers

Detailed requirements for papers and posters will be posted on the Centennial Conference website, www.TexASCE.org.  An electronic submittal of an abstract followed by the paper is required. 

Abstracts should be in Microsoft Word (.doc) format with titles of 10 words or fewer and should provide an executive summary of the proposed paper in not more than 250 words.  The name of the author(s), mailing and e-mail address(es) and telephone numbers MUST be included on the same page as the abstract text. Submit abstracts directly to Bob Pierry at bob@pierryconsulting.com. Each abstract should be submitted no later than April 30, 2012.  All submissions will be evaluated by the Centennial Technical Program Committee. The criteria for the evaluation will be posted on the Centennial Conference website.

Authors of papers selected for presentations will be notified by June 15, 2012 and will be given guidelines for the written papers.  The written paper (maximum 25 pages) will be due by December 14, 2012.  Abstracts will be published in the Texas Civil Engineer and papers will be published in the ASCE Texas Section Centennial Spring Conference Proceedings. Please refer to the Centennial Conference website, or contact the appropriate Centennial Technical Program Committee members, as listed at www.TexASCE.org for more details about preparing and presenting papers.

Requirements for Posters

The Centennial Conference website will show detailed requirements for Posters.  In general, poster materials, including written descriptions, drawings, photographs, graphs, charts and/or other visual aids, will be displayed on 42” X 60 “ boards in the Exhibit Hall during the Conference. Presenters should be available to answer questions about their poster presentations at the Exhibit Hall on Thursday and Friday.

Abstracts meeting the same requirements shown previously for Papers should be submitted no later than April 30, 2012.  Presenters will be notified of their acceptance by June 15, 2012.  A more detailed submittal of the poster materials and presentation will be due by December 14, 2012.   If more information is needed, please contact the appropriate Centennial Technical Program Committee members, as listed at www.TexASCE.org.

Major Categories for Submission*

*See Centennial Conference Website for sub-categories