Call for Posters

Call for Refereed Research Poster Abstracts

This call only refers to Refereed Research Poster Abstracts for the 51st ASC Annual International Conference to be held in College Station, Texas from April 22­-25, 2015. It should not be confused with the ASC Call for Papers which has a different scope and submission date.

Please note this announcement contains two individual calls for refereed research poster abstracts.

1. Call for Research in Progress Poster Abstracts (for presenting scholarly work conducted by faculty members, students and/or practitioners)
2. Call for Graduate Student Research Poster Abstracts (for specifically presenting students’ work towards the PhD or Master’s degree)

Please forward the appropriate call to your colleagues and students.

Call for Research in Progress Poster Abstracts

The Research Committee of the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) invites all interested faculty, students and industry practitioners to submit abstracts of research in progress for poster presentation at the 51st ASC Annual International Conference to be held in College Station, Texas from April 22­-25, 2015.

The online abstract submission system will be open from November 1, 2014. The deadline for abstracts submission is December 1, 2014.

Two topic areas are open for submission:

•  Construction Education (pedagogical content): Research in graduate or undergraduate education
•  Construction Practice (non­pedagogical content): Research in construction practices and techniques

Abstracts should be submitted as a Word or PDF file using the provided template only (please click here to download the template file with instructions). All submissions must be made through the online portal http://posters.ascweb.org. One author cannot be associated with more than two poster abstract submissions.

All abstracts will be DOUBLE BLIND peer reviewed. Hence author names and affiliations should not be revealed in the abstract. Final acceptance of abstracts will be contingent upon conference registration. All accepted abstracts are expected to be presented in the poster session. Guidelines for creating the poster will be provided after the abstract acceptance.

Call for Graduate Student Research Poster Abstracts

The Research Committee of the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) would like to extend this special invitation to all interested graduate students (Ph.D. or M.S.) of Construction or related fields to submit abstracts of their ongoing or completed research for presentation at the 51st ASC Annual International Conference to be held in College Station, Texas from April 22­-25, 2015. For this category, the research must be conducted by a graduate student towards the Ph.D. or Master’s degree.

The online abstract submission system will be open from November 1, 2014. The deadline for abstracts submission is December 1, 2014.

Two topic areas are open for submission:

•  Construction Education (pedagogical content): Research in graduate or undergraduate education
•  Construction Practice (non­pedagogical content): Research in construction practices and techniques

Abstract should be submitted as a Word or PDF file using the provided template only (please click here to download the template file with instructions). All submissions must make through the online portal http://posters.ascweb.org. When submitting abstract, be sure to indicate in “comments box” that it is being submitted as a Graduate Student Research Abstract and indicate if it is Ph.D. or M.S. Research. One student can submit only one poster abstract in this category.

All abstracts will be DOUBLE BLIND peer reviewed. Hence author names and affiliations should not be revealed in the abstract. Final acceptance of abstracts will be contingent upon conference registration. All accepted abstracts are expected to be presented in the poster session. Guidelines for creating the poster will be provided after the abstract acceptance.

Timeline

•  Abstract submission: November 1 - December 1
•  Review results available: January 28
•  Final abstract submission: February 13
•  Notification of acceptance: February 15
•  Poster display and presentation: April 22 - ­25

Important Links:

• Poster Abstract Submission Portal: http://posters.ascweb.org
• Poster Preparation Guidelines:  ASC Poster Abstract and Poster Preparation Guidelines.pdf ( 34.8 KB)  

Questions

• Dr. Salman Azhar, Chair ASC Research Committee, Tel: (334) 844­5383; e­mail: salman@auburn.edu
• Dr. Suchi Bhattacharjee, Assistant Chair ASC Research Committee, Tel: (405) 325­4528; e­mail: suchi@ou.edu