| Acronym | Meaning |
| RAS | Routine Analytical Services |
| DWS | Diffusing-wave Spectroscopy |
| ELOG | Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth |
| SCCEH | Self-consistent Charge Extended Hueckel Method |
| RS-LMTO-ASA | Real Space-linear Combination Of Muffin-tin Orbitals-atomic Sphere Approxn. |
| ATR-FTIR | Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier-transform IR Spectroscopy |
| PGIP | Polygalacturonase-inhibiting Protein |
| OSRD | Office Of Scientific Research And Development |
| OAQPS | Office Of Air Quality Planning And Standards |
| IHEA | Industrial Health Engineering Association |