| Acronym | Meaning |
| ETP | Emerging Technology Program (USEPA SITE) |
| AFEAS | Alternative Fluorocarbon Environmental Acceptability Study |
| EAES | Electron-excited Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| OKE | Optical Kerr Effect |
| TQCM | Temperature-controlled Quartz Crystal Microbalance |
| EFTEM | Energy-filtering Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| SHIV | Simian-human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| NAMT | National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed |
| SNS | Spallation Neutron Source |
| GCS | Geo-Common Subsystem (subsystem Of AIRS) |