| Acronym | Meaning |
| RFETS | Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site |
| OWLS | Optical Waveguide Lightmode Spectroscopy |
| HRT | Hydraulic Retention Time |
| LSDA | Local Spin Density Approximation |
| CCTWRS | Cape Cod Toxic Waste Research Site |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| RABITS | Rolling-assisted Biaxially Textured Substrates |
| OMP | Outer Membrane Protein |
| CEM | Corrected Effective Medium (for Atomic Interactions) |
| IRS | Insulin Receptor Substrate |