| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAALS | Consortium On Automated Analytical Laboratory Systems |
| PPAD | Parallel-plate Avalanche Detector |
| VES | Vertical Elec. Sounding |
| PMAMS | Patterned Multi-array |
| AESOP | Ab-initio Effective Spin-orbit Operator |
| EIP | Electric Induced Polarization (for Subsurface Characterization) |
| WRC | Water Resources Council |
| WMT | Warped Muffin-tin Approximation |
| BMP | Best Management Practices |
| VBHL | Valence Bond Heitler-London (wave Function) |