| Acronym | Meaning |
| AE-CI | All Electron-configuration Interaction |
| CTOD | Crack Tip Opening Displacement |
| TCM | Tunneling Current Microscopy |
| RP | Reinforced Plastics |
| PDEA | Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment |
| NMC | New Muon Collaboration |
| ADPT | Auger Depth Profiling Technique |
| MESQUAC-MO | Mixed Electrostatic Quantum Chemical Calculation-MO |
| ZAP | Zone Axis Pattern |
| GRI | Geosynthetics Research Institute (Drexel University |