| Acronym | Meaning |
| NES | US National Eutrophication Study |
| ABR | Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (for Wastewater Treatment) |
| SIMPLISMA | Simple-to-use Interactive Self-modeling Mixture Analysis |
| HD | Sulfur Mustard |
| SLM | Spatial Light Modulator |
| DSB | Double-strand Break |
| ECISDTQ | Size-extensive CISDTQ |
| ERDEC | U.S. Army Edgewood Research |
| FWPCA | Federal Water Pollution Control Administration |
| ISAM | Ionically Self-assembled Monolayer |