| Acronym | Meaning |
| ARB | Air Resources Board (California) |
| SPECT | Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography |
| WQA | Water Quality Association |
| GLAD | Glancing Angle Deposition |
| PEIA | Programmatic Environmental Impact Analysis |
| VFT | Voguel-Fulcher-Tamman [equation] |
| FLAPW | Full-potential Linearized Augmented Plane Wave |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| EVD | Electrochem. Vapor Deposition |
| CONFU | Conference On Fair Use |