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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2006. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11558.
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APPENDIX C
Acronyms


ABET

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology

ACTA

Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority

ASCE

American Society of Civil Engineers

ASCI

Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative

ASFE

Association of Soil and Foundation Engineers


CAD

computer-aided design

CAT

computer-aided tomography

CA/T

Central Artery/Tunnel

CFCs

chlorofluorocarbons

CMOS

complementary metal oxide semiconductor


DOD

Department of Defense

DOE

Department of Energy

DOI

Department of the Interior


EERI

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ESE

Earth Systems Engineering

EWB

Engineers Without Borders


FY

fiscal year


GES

Geoengineering for Earth Systems

GIS

geographic information systems


IC

integrated circuit

IIED

International Institute for Environment and Development

InSAR

Interferometric synthetic aperture radar


LIDAR

light detection and ranging


MEMS

microelectromechanical systems

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2006. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11558.
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MRI

magnetic resonance imaging


NAE

National Academy of Engineering

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NEES

Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation

NEHRP

National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program

NGES

National Geotechnical Experimentation Sites

NIMBY

not in my back yard

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRC

National Research Council

NSF

National Science Foundation


PCBs

polychlorinated biphenyls

PET

positron emission tomography


RF

radio frequency


SAR

synthetic aperture radar

SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research

SIS

Slope Information System

SPUR

Seismic Performance for Urban Regions


USDA

U.S. Department of Agriculture

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey


WBCSD

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2006. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11558.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2006. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11558.
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