| APS | Advanced Photon Source |
| CALPHAD | calculation of phase diagrams |
| CBED | convergent beam electron diffraction |
| ChIMES | Chebyshev Interaction Model for Efficient Simulation |
| CNN | convoluted neural network |
| DFT | density functional theory |
| DFTB | density functional tight binding |
| EAM | Embedded Atom Model |
| EBSD | electron backscatter diffraction |
| ECCI | electron-channeling contrast imaging |
| EDS | energy-dispersive spectroscopy |
| EELS | electron energy loss spectroscopy |
| FANTASTX | Fully Automated Nanoscale to Atomistic Structure from Theory and Experiment |
| FCC | face-centered cubic |
| HAADF | high-angle annular dark field |
| HLS | high-level synthesis |
| I3TEM | in situ ion irradiation TEM |
| ICE | Irradiation Corrosion Experiment |
| MCCA | microstructurally and compositionally complex alloy |
| MEGNet | Materials Graph Network |
| ML-IAP | machine-learning interatomic potentials |
| NIMS | National Institute for Materials Science |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| SEM | scanning electron microscope |
| SNAP | Spectral Neighbor Analysis Potential model |
| SOAP | smooth overlap of atomic positions |
| STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
| STEM | scanning tunneling electron microscope |
| STM | scanning tunneling microscope |
| TEM | transmission electron microscope; tunneling electron microscope |
| WAAM | wire-arc additively manufactured |
| XANES | X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy |