| Acronym | Meaning |
| MBE | Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
| PSU | Practical Salinity Units |
| LIMS | Laboratory Information Management System |
| GSCF | Generalized Self-consistent Field |
| PSD | Passive Sampling Device(s) (for Air Pollution) |
| SNO | Sudbury Neutrino Observatory |
| HNLC | High-nutrient Low-chlorophyll |
| TAC | Toxic Air Contaminant |
| ICMA | Immunochemiluminometric Assay |
| MOMO | Maximum Overlap Molecular Orbital |