| Acronym | Meaning |
| LAAFS | Laser Ablation Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| SPRI | Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging |
| QDA | Quadratic Discriminant Analysis |
| PEK | Poly(ether Ketone) |
| LCF | Low-cycle Fatigue |
| OMVPE | Organometallic Vapor-phase Epitaxy |
| DFPT | Density-functional Perturbation Theory |
| GRRR | Graduated Response For Risk Reduction |
| UDRI | University Of Dayton Research Institute |
| MCHF | Multiconfiguration Hartree-Fock |