| Acronym | Meaning |
| GDI | Gasoline Direct Injection |
| PAN | Peroxyacetyl Nitrate |
| HRAP | High Rate Algal Pond |
| FFTB | Final Focus Test Beam |
| AIAA | American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics |
| DOFS | Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing |
| AVO | Average Virtual Orbital |
| SQM | Scaled Quantum Mechanics (in Ab Initio Calcns.) |
| COLD | Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease |
| WDM | Wavelength Division Multiplexing |