Research Opportunities in Corrosion Science and Engineering (2011)
Chapter: Appendix D: Acronyms
D
Acronyms
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ACE Assessment of Corrosion Education (2009 NRC report)
AETOC advanced electrochemical techniques for organic coatings
AFM atomic force microscopy
API American Petroleum Institute
ASM American Society for Metals (now known as ASM International)
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
BRAC base realignment and closure
CGC corrosion grand challenge
CoSI Coating Science International
CP cathodic protection
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOT Department of Transportation
ECS Electrochemical Society
ESTCP Environmental Security Technology Certification Program
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FGE fuel-grade ethanol
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FIB focused ion beam
FY fiscal year
GDP gross domestic product
HELP hydrogen-induced local plasticity
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HIDE hydrogen-induced decohesion
HPC high-performance computing
HVAC heating, ventilating, air conditioning
ICMSE integrated computational materials science and engineering
IGC intergranular corrosion
IGSCC intergranular stress corrosion cracking
ISABE International Association of Air Breathing Engines
ISO International Organization for Standardization
KSC Kennedy Space Center
LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory
LMI Logistics Management Institute
MEP Manufacturing Extension Partnership
MMS Minerals and Management Service
MRS Materials Research Society
MSE materials science and engineering
MTI Materials Technology Institute
MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers
NADC Naval Air Development Center (now Naval Air Warfare Center, NAWC)
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAVAIR Naval Air Systems Command
NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command
NCEL Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NRC National Research Council
NRL Naval Research Laboratory
NSF National Science Foundation
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy
PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
R&D research and development
RE-C rare-earth carbides
RE-S rare-earth silicides
RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration
ROI return on investment
SBIR Small Business Innovation Research
SCC stress corrosion cracking
SCCO2 super-critical carbon dioxide
SECM scanning electrochemical microscopy
SERDP strategic environmental research and development program
SLSDC Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
SPHERE Simulated Photo Degradation by High Energy Radiant Exposure
START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
STTR Small Business Technology Transfer
UNENE University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering
UTC university transportation center
UV ultraviolet
