| Acronym | Meaning |
| MCT | Mercury Cadmium Telluride |
| ALOMAR | Arctic Lidar Observatory For Middle Atm. Research |
| THEED | Transmission High-energy Electron Diffraction |
| AIROF | Anodic Iridium Oxide Film |
| DHS | Department Of Homeland Securitypar |
| PLC | Programmable Logic Controller |
| CPAA | Charged Particle Activation Analysis |
| ADI | Austempered Ductile Iron |
| TROESY | Transverse Rotating-frame Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy |
| AMAP | Automated Molecular Assembly Plant |