| ADARA | Accelerating Data Acquisition, Reduction, and Analysis |
| AFOSR | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| AIM | Accelerated Insertion of Materials |
| ARL | Army Research Laboratory |
| CALPHAD | CALculation of PHAse Diagrams |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DMLS | direct metal laser sintering |
| DMMI | Defense Materials, Manufacturing, and Infrastructure |
| DOD | U.S. Department of Defense |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| GE | General Electric |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| ICME | Integrated Computational Materials for Engineering |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| LM3II | Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing Innovation Institute |
| MAPTIS | Materials and Processes Technical Information System |
| MDF | Manufacturing Demonstration Facility |
| MGI | Materials Genome Initiative |
| MRL | manufacturing readiness level |
| MSAT | Materials Selection and Analysis Tool |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NIST | National Institute for Standards and Technology |
| NNI | National Nanotechnology Initiative |
| NNMI | National Network for Manufacturing Innovation |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research |
| OODT | Object Oriented Data Technology |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy (White House) |
| SARS | severe acute respiratory syndrome |
| SMLC | Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition |
| TRL | technology readiness level |