| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMS | Aerospace Material Specification |
| AQIRP | Auto/Oil Air Quality Improvement Research Program |
| NIWG | National Interagency Work Group |
| HMPAM | Hydrophobically Modified Polyacrylamide |
| DPF | Diesel Particulate Filter |
| NEDB | National Exposure Database (HSE) |
| SSMBE | Solid Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
| GEM | Gene Expression Microarray |
| FFAR | Fuel And Fuel Additive Registration |
| HEL | Hugoniot Elastic Limit |