| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASPEN | Advanced System For Process Engineering (DOE Software Package) |
| VMD | Vacuum Membrane Distillation |
| PSEM | Point Source Exposure Model |
| MDL | Method Detection Level Or Limit |
| EAPFS | Extended Appearance-potential Fine-structure Spectroscopy |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board |
| UMP | Unrestricted Moeller-Plesset |
| SIP | State Implementation Plan |
| GPIB | General Purpose Interface Bus |
| VHDL | Very High Speed Integrated Circuits (VHSIC) Hardware Description Language |