Malaysian Post Graduate Colloquium 2015

19-20 December 2015 Melbourne, Australia

Template for extended abstract

M. Z. M. Nor1,2*, L. Ramchandran1, M. Duke3 and T. Vasiljevic1
1

Advanced Food Systems Research Unit, College of Health and Biomedicine,

Victoria University, PO Box 14428, Melbourne, 8001, Australia.
2
Department of Process and Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
3
Institute for Sustainability and Innovation, College of Engineering and Science,
Victoria University, PO Box 14428, Melbourne, 8001, Australia
*
Corresponding e-mail: zuhair@upm.edu.my
Keywords: One; two; three (maximum of three keywords)
ABSTRACT should be written with maximum 100 words.
The objective, method and findings are summarized in this
section.

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1.

INTRODUCTION

This is the template and instructions for extended

abstracts. Authors are advised to read the extended abstract
guidelines carefully and follow them strictly.
The extended abstract should be written in English
including figures, tables and references.
The abstracts should be 2-pages in length in a 2
columns format. The abstracts accepted for presentation
will be published in the conference proceeding.
2.

Properties

Data

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3.

SUBMISSION FORMAT

Authors are requested to submit a camera-ready

extended abstract file in MS Word. You can fill in this
template or the template provided below.

FORMAT

Note that the extended abstract must not exceed 2

printed pages in a 2 columns format.
The font type and size are as follows:
a. Title : Arial size 14 (capitalize only for the first
character)
b. Others : Arial Narrow size 10.
The extended abstract should be divided into:
a. Abstract (maximum of 100 words)
b. Introduction
c. Methodology
d. Results and Discussion
e. Conclusions
f. Acknowledgement (option)
g. References
2.1 Table, Figure and Equations
All tables and figures should be numbered with Arabic
numerals (1, 2, 3,..), centered, have a caption and should be
embedded in the text. Example for table and figure are as in
Table 1 and Figure 1.
Equations should be labeled as in Equation (1) with a
number towards the right margin, in case there is more than
one equation.

Max. 80 mm

Figure 1 One-column illustration

4.

SUMMARY

The extended abstract should be prepared in

accordance with the instructions listed below:
a. Template: use this template (2 columns format)
b. Paper must be written in English.
c. Total page number: 2 pages,
d. Margins: 20 mm (left, right, top, bottom) and 10
mm for the middle margin,

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e.

If the last page of your paper is only partially filled,

arrange the columns so that they are evenly
balanced if possible, rather than having one long
column.

5.

SUBMISSION
ABSTRACT

OF

THE

EXTENDED

Submission of the extended abstract should be done via

email to malaysianpgc2015@gmail.com. The submission
due date is on 31/10/2015.
6.

Conference papers
[2]

REFERENCES

References should be cited in the text either in:

a .... as previous study [1].
b .... as previous study [1-4].
c .... as previous study [2,5,7].
d For one or two authors: Ali and Abu [3] stated
that .
e For more than two authors: Ali et al. [2] found
that .
Format for references must be in IEEE citation style. Refer to
the
link
for
guidance
(http://www.ieee.org/documents/ieeecitationref.pdf)
Journal articles
[1]

Membrane Science, vol. 215, pp. 213-224, 2003.

S. T. D. Barros, C. M. G. Andrade, E. S. Mendes, and

L. Peres, "Study of fouling mechanism in pineapple
juice clarification by ultrafiltration," Journal of

M. Z. M. Nor, R. A. Talib, M. A. Noranizan, N. L. Chin,

and K. Hashim, Resistant starch yield and linear
expansion of lab-produced and selected commercial
fish crackers, in 11th International Annual Symposium
on Sustainability Science and Managemen, 2012, pp.
14.

Books
[3]

S. Ranganna, Handbook of analysis and quality control

for fruit and vegetable products. New Delhi, India: Tata
McGraw-Hill Education, 1986.

Book sections
[4]

N. Takahashi and T. Murachi, "31 - Stem Bromelain:

Isolation and Purification; Preparation and
Characterization of the Carbohydrate Portion," in
General
Methods,
Glycosaminoglycans,
and
Glycoproteins, W. Roy, Ed., ed: Academic Press, 1976,
pp. 175-184.

Malaysian Post Graduate Colloquium 2015

19-20 December 2015 Melbourne, Australia

Title
1,2*

M. Z. M. Nor , L. Ramchandran1, M. Duke3 and T. Vasiljevic1

1

Advanced Food Systems Research Unit, College of Health and Biomedicine,

Victoria University, PO Box 14428, Melbourne, 8001, Australia.
2
Department of Process and Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
3
Institute for Sustainability and Innovation, College of Engineering and Science,
Victoria University, PO Box 14428, Melbourne, 8001, Australia
*
Corresponding e-mail: zuhair@upm.edu.my
Keywords: One; two; three (maximum of three keywords)

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

7.

METHODS

8.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

9.

CONCLUSIONS

10. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

11. REFERENCES