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PAPERBACK price:$60.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering Underground Engineering for Sustainable Urban Development Other Related Titles Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation (2006) Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (BESR) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Appendix C Acronyms." Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2006. Please select a format: Page 205   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. 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 Page 205 Front Matter (R1-R14) Summary (1-14) 1 Introduction (15-26) 2 Updating the 1989 Geotechnology Report: Where Do We Stand? (27-82) 3 Meeting the Challenges With New Technologies and Tools (83-126) 4 Geoengineering for Earth Systems and Sustainability (127-148) 5 Institutional Issues for the New Agenda in Geoengineering (149-172) 6 Findings and Recommendations (173-182) References (183-190) Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff (191-198) Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Participants (199-204) Appendix C Acronyms (205-206)

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Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation 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

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Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation 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

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