| Acronym | Meaning |
| BIRD | Bilinear Rotation Decoupling |
| AESOPS | Antarctic Environment Southern Ocean Process Study |
| TDHF | Time-dependent Hartree-Fock Method |
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| BCNTF | Biofilm-Controlled Nitrifying Trickling Filter (for Wastewater Treatment) |
| IUPAP | International Union Of Pure And Applied Physics |
| WFPC2 | Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 |
| CESR | Cornell Electron Storage Ring |
| RXF | Refracted X-ray Fluorescence |
| PIAC | Polymer Industrial Advisory Council |