| Acronym | Meaning |
| EBMUD | East Bay Municipal Utility District (Oakland |
| AMWA | American Metropolitan Water Association |
| WIPP | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes) |
| PKD | Protein Kinase D |
| PAW | Projector Augmented-wave [ab-initio Method] |
| MBTS | 2-mercaptobenzothiazyl Disulfide |
| DBE | Deep Basin Experiment |
| VARTM | Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding |
| CROCUS | Cost Of The Energy Service Related To Overall Efficiency With Incentives For Infrastructure At Unchanged Service |
| HMQC | Heteronuclear Multiple-quantum Coherence |