Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

 

USC-TRG Conference on Biofiltration for Air Pollution Control

 

Papers should be limited to ten pages.

 

Manuscripts should be prepared in camera-ready form in Microsoft Word and submitted electronically.  Use paper size option of 8 ˝ inches by 11 inches with 1.25-inch margins so that it will not be necessary to repaginate.  Use the “single sided” option.  Include figures, captions, and tables in the text as you want them to appear in final form. 

 

The font should be Times New Roman. 

            Title: 18 pt. Bold

            First heads: 16 pt. Bold

            Second heads: 12 pt. Bold

            Third heads: 12 pt. italic

 

Center the title.  Authors should appear below, centered, in 12 point standard type, with affiliations.

 

References in the text should be of the form (Steele, et. al, 2005) and in the reference list in the form:

 

J.A. Steele, F. Ozis, J.A. Fuhrman, and J.S. Devinny, 2005.  Structure of microbial communities in ethanol biofilters.  Chemical Engineering Journal, 113 (2-3):135-144

 

Papers should be submitted to Joe Devinny at bfilter@usc.edu by September 25, 2006.