2015-2016 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory (2017)

Chapter: Appendix D: Acronyms

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. 2015-2016 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24653.

D

Acronyms

2D two-dimensional
3D three-dimensional

ABD

avalanche breakdown diode

ABLE atmospheric boundary layer environment
ACM Association for Computing Machinery
AESA Active Electronically Steered Array
AFDD Army Aero-Flight-Dynamics Directorate
AFM atomic force microscopy
AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory
ANL Argonne National Laboratory
ARDEC U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
ARL Army Research Laboratory
ARLTAB Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board
ARO Army Research Office
ARW advanced research WRF (weather research and forecasting)

CASA

complex adaptive systems analysis

CCE core campaign enabler
CFD computational fluid dynamics
CISD Computational and Information Sciences Directorate
COTS commercial off-the-shelf
CRA Collaborative Research Alliance
CRADA cooperative research and development agreement
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. 2015-2016 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24653.
CS compressive sensing
CSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
CSR Center for Systems Reliability
CT computerized tomography
CTA Collaborative Technology Alliance

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DE directed energy
DFT density functional theory
DIC digital image correlation
DMECS deployable multi-sensor electromagnetic warfare characterization system
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DPD dissipative particle dynamics
DRFM digital radio frequency memory
DU depleted uranium

EAR

environment for auditory research

EEG electroencephalogram
EME electromagnetic environment
ERE entities, relations and event
EW electronic warfare

FEM

finite element method

fMRI functional magnetic resonance imaging
FPGA field programmable gate array
FY fiscal year

GIFT

Generalized Instructional Framework for Tutoring

GN&C guidance, navigation and control
GPS Global Positioning System
GPU graphics processing unit
GUI graphical user interface

HII

human and information interaction

HPC high-performance computing
HRED Human Research and Engineering Directorate
HRI human–robot interaction
HSI human–system integration
HTML HyperText Markup Language

IC

integrated circuit

ICT Institute for Creative Technology
IED improvised explosive device
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IMPRINT Improved Performance Research Integration Tool
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. 2015-2016 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24653.
IR infrared
IT information technology
ITA International Technology Alliance

JP-8

jet propellant 8 (fuel)

KCI

key campaign initiative

LAPS

local analysis and prediction system

LBM Lattice Boltzmann Method
LES large-eddy simulation
Li-ion lithium ion

M&S

modeling and simulation

MAC Medium Access Control
MAST micro-autonomous systems and technology
MASTODON Mountainous Slope Transport and Diffusion
MATERHORN Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations
MD molecular dynamics
MEMS microelectromechanical system
MIMO Multiple Input, Multiple Output
MODE method for object-based diagnostic evaluation
MOSFET metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor
MOVES Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation
MSA meteorological sensor array
MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NC networks and communications
NIE Network Integration Evaluation
NSA National Security Agency
NSF National Science Foundation
NSRL Network Science Research Laboratory
NWP numerical weather prediction

OMEN

Optimized Modular EW Network

OneSAF One Semi-Automated Force
OTA Other Transaction Authority

PDV

photon Doppler velocimetry

PE polyethylene
PI principal investigator
PLDI programming language design and implementation

QMU

quantification of the margin of uncertainty

QWIP quantum-well infrared photodetector
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. 2015-2016 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24653.
R&D research and development
RANS Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes
RAS remote and autonomous system
RBD rigid-body-dynamics
RCAS Rotorcraft Comprehensive Analysis System
RDEC Research, Development and Engineering Center
RF radio frequency
RIP Routing Information Protocol
ROMP ring-opening metathesis polymer-based composite

S&T

science and technology

SEDD Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate
SLAD Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate
SMART smart material actuated rotor technology
SNL Sandia National Laboratories
SPEAR soldier performance and equipment advanced research

TARDEC

Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center

TBI traumatic brain injury
TDMA time division multiple access
TEM transmission electron microscopy
TIREM Terrain Integrated Rough Earth Model
TN translational neuroscience
TRU Technology Refresher Update
TTCP Technical Cooperation Program
TWT traveling-wave tube

UAS

unmanned aircraft system

UHMWPE ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene
UV ultraviolet

V&V

validation and verification

VI vehicle intelligence
VRAMS virtual risk-informed agile maneuver sustainment
VT vehicle technology
VTD Vehicle Technology Directorate

WC

tungsten carbide

WMRD Weapons and Materials Research Directorate
WRE-N weather running estimate—nowcast
WRF weather research and forecasting
WSMR White Sands Missile Range
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