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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Assessment of the In-House Laboratory Independent Research at the Army's Research, Development, and Engineering Centers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25611.
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Acronyms

3D three-dimensional
a-Si amorphous silicon
Al-Li aluminum–lithium
AMRDEC Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
ANVEL Autonomous Navigation Virtual Environment Laboratory
APNT assured positioning, navigation, and timing
ARDEC Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center
ARL Army Research Laboratory
ARO Army Research Office
ASA (ALT) Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
AWG arrayed waveguide gratings
BCP block copolymer
BNC bacterial nanocellulose
BP black phosphorus
BST barium strontium titanate
CERDEC Communication–Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center
CFD computational fluid dynamics
CNR carbon nanoribbon
CO carbon monoxide
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Assessment of the In-House Laboratory Independent Research at the Army's Research, Development, and Engineering Centers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25611.
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DE discrete element
DEM discrete element method
DFT density functional theory
DIC digital image correlation
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DNN deep neural network
DNS direct numerical simulation
DoD Department of Defense
DSC differential scanning calorimetry
EBIC Electron Beam-Induced Current
ECBC Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
EH energy harvesting
EO electro-optical
FE finite element
FEA finite element analysis
FEM finite element method
FPA focal plane array
FSW friction stir welding
FVL future vertical lift
GPS Global Positioning System
H2 hydrogen
HEL high-energy laser
HEL-JTO High-Energy Laser-Joint Technology Office
HERMES Harvesting Energy to Reduce the Metabolic Expenditure of Soldiers
HMS hierarchical multiscale simulation
HNIW hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane
HPC high-performance computing
HSL homoserine lactones
ILIR In-House Laboratory Independent Research
IR infrared
LaRC Langley Research Center
LC liquid crystal
Li-ion lithium ion
MBE molecular beam epitaxy
MIMO multiple-input and multiple-output
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MOF metal oxide framework
MoS2 molybdenum disulfide
multi-SLAM multi-robot simultaneous localization and mapping
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Assessment of the In-House Laboratory Independent Research at the Army's Research, Development, and Engineering Centers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25611.
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NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NMP n-methylpyrrolidone
NSRDEC Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center
O2 oxygen
PAN polyacrylonitrile
PAO Poly-α-Olefin
PI principal investigator
PIV particle image velocimetry
PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PS polystyrene
Pt platinum
PVDF polyvinylidene fluoride
PVP polyvinylpyrrolidone
QCM-D quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring
QE Quantum Expresso
QS quorum sensing
R&D research and development
RANS Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes
Rb rubidium
RCAS Rotorcraft Comprehensive Analysis System
RDEC Research, Development, and Engineering Center
RDECOM Research, Development, and Engineering Command
Re rhenium
RF radio frequency
RO reverse osmosis
RPAC Research Program Review and Analysis Committee
RRC Report Review Committee
RTID real-time tracking, identification, and discrimination
SAD selective area diffraction
Si silicon
SiO2 silicon dioxide
SMART Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation
SMDC Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center
Ta tantalum
TARDEC Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center
TE transfer entropy
TEM transmission electron microscopy
TiO2 titanium dioxide
TPIV thermal particle image velocimetry
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Assessment of the In-House Laboratory Independent Research at the Army's Research, Development, and Engineering Centers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25611.
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UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
UGV unmanned ground vehicle
UHMWPE ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene
UML University of Massachusetts, Lowell
USMA United States Military Academy
UV-vis ultraviolet–visible
ZnTe zinc telluride
ZrO2 zirconium dioxide
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Assessment of the In-House Laboratory Independent Research at the Army's Research, Development, and Engineering Centers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25611.
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