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Acronyms
2D | two dimensional |
3D | three dimensional |
4D | four dimensional |
A&A | analysis and assessment |
ABLE | atmospheric boundary layer environment |
ABM | agent-based model |
ACAL | Army cyber-research analytics capability |
AE | acoustic emission |
AEM | alkaline exchange membrane |
AFM | atomic force microscope |
AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
AI | artificial intelligence |
AIS | Abbreviated Injury Scale |
AM | additive manufacturing |
AMRDEC | Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center |
AMT | Amazon Mechanical Turk |
ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
APG | Aberdeen Proving Ground |
API | application programming interface |
APS | Advanced Photon Source |
ARDEC | Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center |
ARL | Army Research Laboratory |
ARLTAB | Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board |
ARO | Army Research Office |
ATGM | anti-tank guided missile |
BABT | behind-armor blunt trauma |
BED | Battlefield Environments Division |
BODN | bis-oxadiazole dinatrate |
BSVL | ballistics survivability, vulnerability, and lethality |
C4ISR | command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance |
CASA | complex adaptive systems analysis |
CCE | core campaign enabler |
CEMA | cyber and electromagnetic activity |
CFD | computational fluid dynamics |
CHIMERA | Cyber Human Integrated Modeling and Experimentation Range Army |
CISD | Computational and Information Sciences Directorate |
CMOS | complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor |
CNT | carbon nanotube |
COTS | commercial-off-the-shelf |
CRA | Collaborative Research Alliance |
CRADA | cooperative research and development agreement |
CREB | Center for Research in Extreme Batteries |
CSD | computational structural dynamics |
CSM | Center for Semiconductor Modeling |
CT | computed tomography |
CTA | Collaborative Technology Alliance |
CW | continuous wave |
DAHI | Diverse Accessible Heterogeneous Integration |
DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DE | directed energy |
DFT | density functional theory |
DIC | digital image correlation |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DOFO | dioxadiazole fuoxan |
DPD | dissipation particle dynamics |
DRFM | digital radio frequency memory |
DSM | distributed shared memory |
ECM | energy coupled to matter |
EEG | electroencephalogram |
EIS | electrical impedance spectroscopy |
EME | electromagnetic environment |
ERA | essential research area |
ET | eye tracking |
EW | electronic warfare |
FCC | face-centered cubic |
FEC | forward error correction |
FEM | finite element method |
FFRDC | Federally Funded Research and Development Center |
FIB | focused ion beam |
FP | floating point |
FPGA | field programmable gate array |
FRM | fast-running model |
FY | fiscal year |
GDTA | goal-directed task analysis |
GNSS | global navigation satellite system |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GPU | graphics processing unit |
HAT | human-agent teaming |
HCI | human-computer interaction |
HDR | high dynamic range |
HER | hydrogen evolution reaction |
HFE | human factors engineering |
HIDRA | high-voltage in situ diagnostic radiography apparatus |
HII | human-information interaction |
HMI | human-machine interaction |
HMS | hierarchical multiscale |
HPC | high-performance computing |
HRED | Human Research and Engineering Directorate |
HRI | human-robot interaction |
HSI | human systems integration |
ICME | integrated computational materials engineering |
ICRA | International Conference on Robotics and Automation |
IED | improvised explosive device |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IMPRINT | Improved Performance Research Integration Tool |
INSNA | International Network for Social Network Analysis |
INVADE | integrated network vulnerability assessment discovery and exploitation |
I/O | input/output |
IoBT | Internet of Battlefield Things |
IoT | Internet of Things |
IP | Internet protocol |
IR | infrared |
ISC | Intelligent Systems Center |
IT | information technology |
JASS | Job Assessment Software System |
JER | Jornada Experimental Range |
JILA | Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics |
JP-8 | jet propellant 8 (fuel) |
JTAPIC | Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of Injury in Combat |
KCI | Key Campaign Initiative |
LAB | Laboratory Assessments Board |
LBM | lattice Boltzmann method |
lidar | light detection and ranging |
LQR | linear quadratic regulators |
LWIR | long-wavelength infrared detector |
MANET | mobile ad hoc network |
MARC | Manpower Requirements Critera |
MATERHORN | mountain terrain atmospheric modeling and observations |
MBE | molecular beam epitaxy |
MD | molecular dynamics |
MDAE | multi-domain analysis environment |
MEDE | materials in extreme dynamic environments |
MEMS | microelectromechanical system |
MFOP | maintenance-free operational period |
MHI | machine-human interaction |
mid-IR | mid-infrared |
ML | machine learning |
MODE | method for object-based diagnostic evaluation |
MOS | military occupational specialty |
MOSFET | metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor |
MPI | message passing interface |
MRMC | Medical Research and Materiel Command |
MS&PP | materials for soldier and platform power system |
MSA | meteorological sensor array |
MSAT | materials selection and analysis tool |
MTG | Molecular Theory Group |
MURI | Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative |
MUVES | modular UNIX-based vulnerability estimation suite |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NAVAIR | Naval Air Systems command |
NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
ND | nanodiamond |
NG | nitroglycerin |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NMSU | New Mexico State University |
NoC | Network-on-Chip |
NRL | Naval Research Laboratory |
NSA | National Security Agency |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
NWP | numerical weather prediction |
OMEN | optimized modular EW network |
OneSAF | one semi-automated forces |
OPBO | output power back-off |
ORCA | operational-requirements-based casualty assessment |
PA | power amplifier |
PAE | power amplifier high-energy efficiency |
PBL | planetary boundary layer |
PDR | preliminary design review |
PDV | photon Doppler velocimetry |
PEM | proton-exchange membrane |
PI | principal investigator |
PMCS+ | Preventative Maintenance Checks and Services |
PNT | position, navigation, and timing |
POMDP | Partially Observable Markov Decision Process |
PPE | personal protective equipment |
PS | personnel survivability |
PZT | lead zirconate titanate |
QM | quantum mechanics |
R&D | research and development |
RAT | rate-activated tether |
RF | radio frequency |
RFI | radio frequency interference |
RMET | rotorcraft maintenance event tree |
ROC | receiver operating characteristic |
RVE | representative volume element |
RWB | real-world behavior |
S&E | sensing and effecting |
S&T | science and technology |
SA | situation awareness |
SBER | structural bond energy release |
SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research |
SDN | software-defined networking |
SEDD | Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate |
SEM | scanning electron microscopy |
SHPB | split-Hopkinson pressure bar |
SIIS | system intelligence and intelligent systems |
SITCORE | sensor information test-bed collaborative research evironment |
SLAD | Survivability and Lethality Analysis Directorate |
SLV | survivability, lethality, and vulnerability |
SMA | shape memory alloy |
SME | subject matter expert |
SPB-BRiMS | Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation |
SRNC | Semiconductor Research Nanofabrication Center |
SRW | solider radio waveform |
SWAP | size, weight, and power |
SWAPC | size, weight, power, and cost |
SWAPCT | size, weight, power, cost, and time |
SWAPT | size, weight, power, and time |
SWAPTN | SWAPT plus network |
TAD | target audience description |
TARDEC | Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center |
TBI | traumatic brain injury |
ToA | time of arrival |
TPU | tensor processing unit |
TRAC | TRADOC Analysis Center |
TRADOC | Training and Doctrine Command |
TRL | technology readiness level |
TTCP | The Technical Cooperation Program |
TUEI | tactical unit energy independence |
UAS | unmanned aircraft system |
UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle |
UDE | ultrafast dynamic ellipsometry |
UHMWPE | ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene |
UQ | uncertainty quantification |
USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
UTEP | University of Texas, El Paso |
UV | ultraviolet |
V&V | verification and validation |
VFM | vortex filament method |
VI | vehicle intelligence |
VLES | very-large-eddy-simulation |
VoI | value of information |
VTD | Vehicle Technology Directorate |
VTOL | vertical take-off and landing |
WBG | wide bandgap |
WMRD | Weapons and Materials Research Directorate |
WRF | weather research and forecasting |
WSMR | White Sands Missile Range |