Call for Papers

Important Dates:

 Abstract Submission deadline: Nov 24th.

  Presentation Date: Jan 5th.

Best Presentation Awards:

 One or two best presentations of each session will be awarded with a Certification from NAS and a monetary gift from VEFFA.

Submission Adderess:

  All abstracts are sent to: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Submission Format:

  A submitted abstract must be no longer than 1 page on letter-size paper using at least 11-point font.

  The subject of a submission email should contain the field of the research and the session that it is submitted to.

Sessions: (following sessions are planned, please include one of these in the subject of your submission email)

1. Biological Sciences / Biomedical Engineering / Agricultural Sciences (also accept: Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric sciences). Chair: Pham Minh Liem (UT Houston-05)
2. Civil Engineering (also accept: Environmental Engineering). Chair: Dinh Huu Hai.
3. Physics (also accept: Material Science; Metallurgical Engineering ). Chair: Nguyen Van Tien Dung (Brown-05).
4. Mechanical Engineering (also accept: Aerospace Engineering). Chair: Tran Anh Tuan (UIUC-04).
5. Mathematics (also accept: Industrial Engineering). Chair: Nguyen Van Tien Dung (Brown-05). Note: these session are temporarily combined with the Physics session. They can be separated if necessary. 
6. Computer Science (also accept: Industrial Engineering). Chair: Bui Duy Bach (UIUC-05).
7. Chemistry / Chemical Engineering (also accept: Material Science; Environmental Engineering; Metallurgical Engineering; Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric sciences). Chair: Huynh Tien Phong (Rutgers-04).
8. Public Health. Chair: Ha Vu Toan  (UTAustin-04).
9. Electrical / Computer Engineering. Chair: Nguyen Thai Ha (UIUC 03).

Following interdisciplinary research fields are exceptional and researches in these fields can be submitted to one of the accordant major sessions

1. Metallurgical Engineering: submitted to either Physics or Chemistry session.
2. Aerospace Engineering: submitted to either Mechanical Engineering or Physics session.
3. Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences: submitted to either Civil Engineering or Chemistry or Biological Sciences session.
4. Industrial Engineering: submitted to either Computer Science or Mathematics session.
5. Environmental Engineering: submitted to either Civil Engineering or Chemistry session.