Research Reports
The research reports will be published as a NASA Conference
Proceeding on CD-Rom. The report will also be posted at the Marshall
Technical Reports Server web site as soon as possible after the
conference. A copy of the CD-Rom will be made available at the
conference if possible or shipped later to the participants.
The research report should contain a discussion of only that
work funded under your current NASA project. Since the abstracts
and research reports are expected to focus exclusively on your
NASA Microgravity Research Division-funded research, you may
borrow, as needed, from other written material you have prepared
for publication or as part of another review.
Format for research reports: The report format is identical
to the two-page abstract (see
template), except that the page limit becomes six and the
report can include figures, tables, photos, references, etc.
Other suggestions are that you should number your references
in the order of their appearance in the report, but do not reference
future publications unless they have been accepted for publication;
cite figures, tables, and diagrams in the order of their appearance
in the report; include a caption (with the appropriate reference
number) for all figures, tables, and diagrams. Since the Conference
Proceeding will be published on CD-Rom you may use color for
the research report.
Author's Checklist and notes on ftp upload
1. Prepare your research report in Microsoft Word in camera-ready
form (exactly as you want them to appear in print). Also create
a separate file/s for figures and images. If you use some other
word processor, use the ‘Save As’ feature to convert
to Microsoft Word. Please
contact us if you have a problem!
2. Be sure to upload all documents as Binary.
3. Know your ID#. For oral presentations
(Talks), the numbers begin with a T; eg. T01. For Poster
presentations the ID numbers begin with a P; eg P01.
3. Create your own folder (directory) at the ftp site. Use
your identifying ID number to
name the folder. Place a copy of the research report as you would
like it to appear (complete with text and images) in the folder.
In addition, create a separate subfolder containing only your
individual image files (charts, graphs, tables, etc). Number
the images in the order of their appearance in the paper. All
image files must be of publishable quality-300 dpi minimum. Poor
quality images can not be enhanced.
4. Be sure all figures, images, etc. have captions.
5. The ftp site is a write-only server; you will not be able
to retrieve any files you upload. You will not be able to overwrite
your files once you upload them.
6. Mail a hardcopy of your final report to:
Nancy Bennett
USRA/Mail Code SD46
Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812
 Submit
a report
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