| Acronym | Meaning |
| CSMOS | Center For Subsurface Modeling Support |
| LMC | Laminated Metal Composite |
| CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |
| GOPW | Gaussian Orthogonalized Plane Wave |
| ICPD | Inductively Coupled Plasma Deposition |
| TIWSLS | Time-independent Wave Packet Schroedinger (and) Lippmann-Schwinger (equation) |
| UNEP | United Nations Environmental Program |
| HIID | Heavy Ion Induced Desorption |
| NIMBY | Not In My Backyard |
| DCEP | Direct Current Electrode Positive |