| Acronym | Meaning |
| CS | Crystal Structure |
| MCS | Management Control System |
| MIIT | Materials Interface Interactions Test |
| GLAST | Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope |
| FLIP | FLICE-inhibitory Protein |
| EU | Exposure Unit |
| LCTAO | Linear Combination Of Traveling Atomic Orbitals |
| CDMS | Cryogenic Dark Matter Search |
| DFW | Diffusion Welding |
| SCRIMP | Seemann Composites Resin Infusion Under Flexible Tooling [plastics Molding] |