| Acronym | Meaning |
| BEM | Boundary Element Method |
| AESOP | Airborne Experiment To Study Ozone Production |
| SOFIA | Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy |
| AAP | Asbestos Action Program |
| GKS | Gaspar-Kohn-Sham (potential For Exchange And Correlation In Band Structure Calcns.) |
| APS | Autocorrelation Photon Spectroscopy |
| ISTS | Impulsive Stimulated Thermal Scattering [a Laser-based Ultrasonic Technique] |
| BIPM | Bureau International Des Poids Et Mesures |
| BSS | Backscattering Spectroscopy |
| ISI | Institute For Scientific Information |