Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation (2006)
Chapter: Appendix C Acronyms
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
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
