| Acronym | Meaning |
| IETS | Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy |
| FEM | Field Emission Microscopy |
| SNMS | Sputtered Neutral Mass Spectrometry |
| ELFSE | End-labeled Free-solution Electrophoresis |
| GDLC | Gel-Glass Dispersed Liquid Crystals |
| SORI | Sustained Off-resonance Irradn. |
| ETEC | Environmental Technology & Education Center |
| DMA | Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (for Elastomers) |
| INDC | International Nuclear Data Committee |
| RHO | Reduced Hamiltonian Orbital Method |