| Acronym | Meaning |
| FEWS | Fiber-optic Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy |
| UCS | Unconfined Compressive Strength |
| AV | Apparent Viscosity |
| SRC | Selective Reduction Catalysts (for Denitration) |
| DPN | Dip-pen Nanolithography |
| CHELP | CHarges From ELectrostatic Potential |
| AMDQW | Asymmetric Modulation Doped Quantum Well |
| ARM | Area Radiation Monitoring |
| UBT | Urea Breath Test |
| BMP | Bone Morphogenetic Proteins |