prtec – A template for PRTEC conference papers

Version 1.07 dated 2024/07/07.

Overview

This class provides a LaTeX template to format extended abstracts for the Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference (PRTEC), which is sponsored by ASTFE, JSME, and KSME.

Files in this distribution are:

  README.md           --  this file
  prtec.cls           --  the class file
  prtec.bst           --  bibtex style for PRTEC conference format
  prtec-template.tex  --  a latex template/example for this class
  prtec-template.pdf  --  documentation/sample abstract
  prtec-sample.bib    --  a sample bibliography file
  *
  sample-figure.pdf   -- figure for the sample abstract

The .tex and .cls files are commented and should be self-explanatory.

This template has the following features:

• matches PRTEC's font specifications and layout

• matches PRTEC's citation formats
• uses the newtxmath and newtxtext font packages, enabling many math and text features

• supports use of pdf bookmarks and the hyperref package

• supports bold math and footnotes in section headings without errors from hyperref

Author

John H. Lienhard V

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA

Version History

v1.07

• update to PRTEC 24
• update various aspects of code to account for 5 years of change in LaTeX
• adjust top and bottom margins
• include \DocumentMetadata

v1.06 – correct nofoot option to fully clear header

v1.05 – edits to .bst to better support urls; minor edit to \entry

v1.04 – edit documentation

v1.03 – automate use of bold math in section and subsection headings; use key value for nodefaultsups

License

Copyright (c) 2024 John H. Lienhard

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following two conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

The software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages or other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise, arising from, out of or in connection with the software or the use or other dealings in the software.