| Acronym | Meaning |
| KIMS | Kinetic Interaction Of Microparticles In Solution |
| SSTL | Singwi Sjolander Tosi Land (interatomic Potential) |
| ICR | Intelligent Optical Character Recognition |
| TBBM | Tight-binding Bond Model |
| MOM | Modified Operator Method (for Energy-level Calcns.) |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| CVTST | Canonical Variational Transition-state Theory |
| PMP | Project Management Plan |
| VIMOX | Volume Identical Metal Oxidation |
| EBM | Electron Beam Machining |