| Acronym | Meaning |
| MIDAS | Microimaging Dust Analysis System |
| BET | Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (isotherm Equation) |
| SSME | Space Shuttle Main Engine |
| IAWQ | International Association On Water Quality |
| CFSAN | Center For Food Safety & Applied Nutrition |
| NIMR | National Institute For Medical Research |
| MVE | Methyl Vinyl Ether |
| NEAT | Near Earth Asteroid Tracking |
| MGED | Microarray Gene Expression Database |
| TERRACE | Terrestrial Runoff Modeling For Risk Assessment Of Chem. Exposure |