An Assessment of Selected Research Programs and Goals of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2024 (2025)
Chapter: Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. An Assessment of Selected Research Programs and Goals of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2024. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27444.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
| A3 | Association for Advancing Automation |
| ACM | Association for Computing Machinery |
| AI | artificial intelligence |
| AM | additive manufacturing |
| AMDIA | Advanced Manufacturing Data Infrastructure and Analytics |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| ARIAC | Agile Robotics for Industrial Automation Competition |
| ARM | Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute |
| ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| ATB | Assembly Task Board |
| A-UGV | autonomous guided vehicle |
| BEED | Building Energy and Environmental Division |
| BIG | Building Intelligence Group |
| BIPM | Bureau International des Poids et Measures |
| CMR | construction and major renovation |
| CRF | Construction of Research Facilities |
| DOC | Department of Commerce |
| EL | Engineering Laboratory |
| FTE | full-time equivalent |
| FY | fiscal year |
| HRI | human–robot interaction |
| HVAC | heating, ventilation, and air conditioning |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| ISD | Intelligent Systems Division |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| MEP | Manufacturing Extension Partnership |
| MII | Manufacturing Innovation Institute |
| ML | machine learning |
| MOAD | Manufacturing Objects for Assembly Data |
| MSAM | Measurement Science for Additive Manufacturing |
| MSMR | Measurement Science for Manufacturing Robotics |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. An Assessment of Selected Research Programs and Goals of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2024. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27444.
| MxD | Manufacturing x Digital |
| NIIMBL | National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| OAGIS | Open Applications Group Integration Specification |
| PFL | power, force, and torque-limited |
| PGMA | Portable Generator Manufacturers’ Association |
| PI | principal investigator |
| PV | photovoltaic |
| R&D | research and development |
| ROS | robot operating system |
| SCMMR | safety, capacity, maintenance, and major repair |
| SID | Systems Integration Division |
| SME | Small-and-Medium Enterprise |
| STRS | Scientific and Technical Research Services |
| TRL | technology readiness level |
| VCAT | Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. An Assessment of Selected Research Programs and Goals of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2024. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27444.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. An Assessment of Selected Research Programs and Goals of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2024. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27444.
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