| Acronym | Meaning |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| ISES | International Solar Energy Society |
| RKRVL | Rydberg-Klein-Rees-Vanderslice-Lakshman (for Potential Energy) |
| WSI | Wafer Scale Integration |
| USDA | United States Department Of Agriculture |
| QSM | Quantum Shell Model |
| ELFFS | Excimer Laser Fragmentation-fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| CXAES | Continuous X-ray-induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| GICS | Grants Information And Control System |
| SSR | Simple Sequence Repeat |