| S |
Explanation |
Location/Reference/Context as appropriate |
| S | Styrene | |
| S2R JU |
Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking |
|
| S3P |
Solid-State Shear Pulverisation |
|
| S-scan |
Sector scan |
Ultrasonic phased array NDT technique |
| S-LaSS |
Swedish network for Lightweight Ship Structures |
|
| SA |
Succinic Anhydride |
|
| SA |
Sustainability Assessment |
|
| SAA |
Soaking in Aqueous ammonia |
|
| SAA |
Space Act Agreement |
Virgin Galactic and NASA |
| Saas |
Software as a Service |
Cloud computing |
| SABIC |
Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corporation |
|
| SABRE |
Shape Adaptive Blade for Rotorcraft Efficiency |
|
| SACFRP | Shear-thickening gel Applied Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer |
|
| SACMA | Society of Advanced Composite Materials Associations (USA) |
|
| SACU |
Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding | |
| SAE | Society of Automotive Engineers | |
| SAE | Strain Amplification Estimate | |
| SAED | Selected Area Electron Diffraction | |
| SAER | Significant Adverse Event Review | |
| SAF | Sustainable Aviation Fuel | |
| SAFE | Semi-Analytical Finite Element | |
| SAFE | Short-Aramid-Fiber Epoxy | |
| SAFGC |
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge | |
| SAFR |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
|
| SAFT |
Synthetic aperture focussing technique |
Ultrasonic NDT - Pitkanen poster at ECNDT 2006 |
| SAGE-RAI |
Smart Assessment and Guided Education with Responsible Artificial Intelligence | |
| SAI |
Shear After Impact | |
| SAINT |
South African Institute for Non-destructive Testing |
|
| SALB |
South-American Leaf Blight |
fungal disease could reduce natural rubber production by millions of tonnes |
| SALT |
Supporting Assessment, Learning and Teaching |
|
| SAM |
Scanning Acoustic Microscopy |
|
| SAM |
Scientific Advice Mechanisms (EC) |
|
| SAM |
Slice Array Model |
|
| SAMPE |
Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering |
|
| SAMULET |
Strategic Affordable Manufacturing in the UK through Leading Environmental Technologies |
Rolls-Royce-led collaborative programme funded by TSB/EPSRC (2009-2013) |
| SAN |
Styrene Acrylonitrile copolymer |
|
| SAND.CORe |
Coordination Action on Advanced Sandwich Structures in the Transportation Industry |
|
| SANS |
Small-Angle Neutron Scattering |
|
| SAO |
Secondary Alcohol Oxidase |
|
| SAOS |
Small Amplitude Oscillatory Shear |
|
| SAP |
Skills Advisory Panel | |
| SAP |
Super Absorbent Polymer |
|
| SAPP |
Spectroscopic Analysis of Pre-Pregs |
|
| SAR | Search-and-Rescue | |
| SAR | Specific Air Range | |
| SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar | |
| SARCA |
Spatial Analyser Robot Calibration Appliance |
|
| SART |
Simultaneous Algebraic Reconstruction Technique |
|
| SART |
Smart Augmented Reality Tool |
Aibus Toulouse/Testia product formerly known as MiRA |
| SASE |
Stress At Specified Elongation |
|
| SASIA |
South Asia |
|
| SAT |
Self-Assessment Team |
|
| SATCAS |
Simulation of Assembly Tolerances for Composite Aircraft Structures |
|
| SATOM | Student Administration Target Operating Model |
University of Plymouth |
| SAXS |
Small Angle X-ray Scattering |
|
| SB |
Straight-Bladed |
|
| SBAC |
Society of British Aerospace Companies |
London - United Kingdom |
| SBC |
Styrenic Block Copolymers |
|
| SBCF |
Stretch-Broken Carbon Fibre |
Fibreforge, Glenwood Springs CO (USA) |
| SBF |
Simpler and Better Funding programme |
UKRI |
| SBF |
Simulated Body Fluid | |
| SBF |
Structure-Behavior-Function model |
|
| SBFEM |
Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method |
|
| SBIR |
Small Business Innovative Research |
HSARPA - USA |
| SBJ |
Supersonic Business Jet |
|
| SBNR |
Statistical Background Noise Removal |
|
| SBR |
Poly(Styrene-co-Butadiene) copolymer R-group rubber |
|
| SBRI |
Small Business Research Initiative |
|
| SBS |
UK Shared Business Services Limited |
New name for RCUK Shared Services Centre Limited |
| SBS |
Short beam shear test |
|
| SBS |
Poly (Styrene-co-Butadiene-co-Styrene) block copolymer |
|
| SBS-g-MA |
Poly (Styrene-co-Butadiene-co-Styrene) block copolymer grafted by Maleic Anhydride |
|
| SBTi |
Science Based Targets initiative |
collaboration between CDP, UN Global Compact, World Resources Institute and World Wide Fund for Nature |
| sc- |
Stereo Complex - (polymers) |
|
| SC |
[UKNSV] Security Clearance |
|
| SC | Sub-Committee | |
| SCA | Silane Coupling Agents | |
| SCA | Smart Connected Assembly | |
| SCADA | Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition | |
| ScaMP |
Staircase Magnetostrictive Patch |
Transducer |
| SCAR | Standing Committee on Agricultural Research |
|
| SCC | strand-cleaving crosslinker | |
| SCCM |
Standard cubic centimetres per minute |
|
| SCCO2 |
SuperCritical Carbon Dioxide |
|
| SCE |
Self-Consistent Estimate |
|
| SCE |
Separable Cohesive Elements |
|
| SCEnAT |
Supply Chain Environmental Analysis Tool |
|
| SCF |
Save the Children Fund |
London - United Kingdom |
| SCF |
Short Carbon Fibres |
|
| SCF3D | Structural Continuous Fiber 3D Process | |
| SCFD | SuperCritical Fluid Decontamination | |
| SCFE | SuperCritical Fluid Extraction | |
| SCL | Structural Composite Lumber | |
| SCLCP | Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymer | |
| SCM | Smeared Crack Model | |
| SCM | Spectral Cell Method | |
| SCM | sulfide cyclic methacrylate | |
| SCM | Supply Chain Management | |
| SCMM |
Sustainable Composite Materials and Manufacturing Innovation Centre |
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) |
| SCOBY | Symbiotic Cultures Of Bacteria and Yeasts | |
| SCOE | Social Cost Of Energy |
see also LCOE (Levelised Cost Of Electricity) |
| SCOR | Supply Chain Operations Reference | |
| SCOR | Strategic Coherence of ODA-funded Research | |
| SCORBEND |
Shear Controlled Extrusion of Bent Pipes |
SCOREX pipe bending at the die |
| SCOREX |
Shear Controlled Orientation EXtrusion |
Wolfson Centre for Materials Processing (Brunel University) |
| SCORIM |
Shear Controlled Orientation Injection Moulding |
Wolfson Centre for Materials Processing (Brunel University) |
| SCORTECH |
Shear Controlled Orientations Technology |
Wolfson Centre for Materials Processing (Brunel University) |
| SCPAUT |
Serrated Columnar Phased Array Ultrasonic Transducer |
|
| SCPM |
Smart Composite Polymer Material |
|
| SCR |
Steel Catenary Risers |
|
| SCRA |
South Carolina Research Authority |
|
| SCRATCH |
Support for CollaboRative Aeronautical TeChnical researcH |
AeroSME |
| SCREAM |
Simple, compact, robust, economical, accessible to service, maintainable |
Victor Marine KTP project |
| SCRIMP |
Seeman Composites Resin Infusion Molding Process |
|
| SCS |
Self-Consistency Scheme |
|
| SCSF |
Semi Continuous Shear Flow |
|
| SD |
Sustainable
Development |
|
| SDA |
SubmarineDelivery Agency | |
| SDC |
Signal Difference Coefficient | |
| SDD |
Silicon Drift Detectors |
|
| SDF |
Skills Development Fund | |
| SDG |
Sustainable Development Goals |
|
| SDI |
Sustainable Development Index |
|
| SDLSM |
Spinning Disk Laser Scanning Microscopy |
|
| SDM |
Special Division
Multiplexing |
Signal processing for
optical fibre sensors |
| SDM |
Static Damage Model |
|
| SDS |
Skin Doubler Specimens |
|
| SDS-PAGE |
sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis | |
| SDSN |
Sustainable Development Solutions Network |
|
| SDTaP |
Securing Digital Technologies at the Periphery |
|
| SE |
(electromagnetic) Shielding Efficiency |
|
| SEA |
Specific Energy Absorption |
|
| SEA |
Strategic Environmental Analysis/Assessment |
|
| SEAL |
Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory |
Georgia Tech Research Institute |
| SEAM |
Surface Engineering for Advanced Materials | |
| SEAr |
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution reaction |
|
| SEBS |
Poly (Styrene-co-Ethylene)-block-Poly(Butylene-co-Styrene) block copolymer |
|
| SEBS-g-MA |
Poly (Styrene-co-Ethylene)-block-Poly(Butylene-co-Styrene) block copolymer grafted by Maleic Anhydride | |
| SEC | Size Exclusion Chromatography | |
| SECaas | Security as a Service | Cloud computing |
| SECaM | School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics |
University of Plymouth |
| SECCM | Scanning ElectoChemical Cell Microscopy | |
| SECNB | Single-Edge Chevron-Notched Beam | |
| SECR |
Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting |
|
| SEDR |
Strain Energy Damage Rate |
|
| SEEA |
System of Environmental Economic Accounting/s |
|
| SEED | Supporting Entrepreneurship and Economic Development |
|
| SEEMP | Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan | |
| SEFARI |
Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutions | |
| SEforALL | Sustainable Energy for all of our planet’s population |
|
| SEI | Secondary Electron Imaging | |
| SEI | Solid Electrolyte Interface | |
| SELF | Surface Engineering Leadership Forum | |
| SELP | Silk Elastin-Like Fibres | |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscope | |
| SEM | Strip Element Method | |
| SEMP | Sustainable Environmental Management Practices |
|
| SEMTA |
Science, Engineering, Manufacturing Technologies Alliance |
A Sector Skills Council |
| SEN |
Single Edge-Notched fracture specimens |
|
| SEO |
Search Engine Optimisation |
|
| SEOTY |
Student Employee of the Year awards |
|
| SEP |
Safety - Environment - Performance |
|
| SEP |
Stategic Economic Plan |
|
| SEPS |
Poly (Styrene-Ethylene/Propylene-Styrene) block copolymer |
|
| SER |
Spray Enzyme Retting |
|
| SERC | Science and Engineering Research Council |
Predecessor of EPSRC, PPARC and part of BBSRC |
| SERR | Strain Energy Release Rate | |
| SERS | Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy | |
| SERVE | Statistically Equivalent Representative Volume Element |
|
| SERVO | Solutions for thE maRine enVirOnment | |
| SES | Surface Effect Ship | |
| SESAR | Single European Sky ATM Research | |
| SESST | Sonar-Evasion Shark Skin Texture | |
| SET | single electron transfer | |
| SET |
Specialised Elastomeric ToolingTM | Vistex Composites |
| SETAC | Society of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry |
|
| SETB | Science, Engineering and Technology Board | |
| SEWP | Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation |
|
| SF | Safety Factor | |
| SF | Structural Foam | |
| SF | Synthetic Fibres | |
| SFA | Skills Funding Agency | |
| SFA | Substance Flow Analysis | |
| SFAIRP | So far as is reasonably practicable | |
| SFC | Styrene-Fumaric Copolymer | |
| SFE | Surface Free Energy | |
| S-FEM |
Spectral Finite Element Method based on Lagrange polynomials | |
| SFF | Solid Free Form | |
| SFF | Squared Flow front | |
| SFFT | Single Fibre Fragmentation Test | |
| SFH | Standard Fastness Hours |
Measurement of colour change |
| SFI | Sustainable Farming Initiative | |
| SFIC | Strategic Forum for International S&T Cooperation |
|
| SFIGA | Strong Formulation IsoGeometric Analysis | |
| SFIH | Smart Factory Innovation Hub | |
| SFMEA | Sustainability Failure Modes and Effects Analysis |
|
| SF-NERSE |
Single-frequency near electrical resonance signal enhancement | |
| SFRTP | Short Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics | |
| SFT | Short Fibre reinforced Thermoplastics | |
| SFTCT | Single Fibre Transverse Compression Test | |
| SFVS | Straight Fibre Variable Stiffness | |
| SFWA |
Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft |
|
| SFX |
Special Effects |
|
| SG |
Strutted Graphene |
|
| SGD |
Stochastic Gradient Descent | |
| SGF |
Short Glass Fibre | |
| SGMS |
Sustainable Green Management System | |
| SGTF |
Stress Generated Thermal Field (thermographic NDT) | |
| SGTF |
Saint Gobain Technical Fabrics | |
| SH |
Step Heating | |
| SHAP | SHapley Additive exPlanation | |
| SHAPE |
SHear Assisted Particle Extrusion | |
| ShAPE | Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion | |
| SHArC |
Stratified Hard Armour Composite |
Naba Tailored Composite Solutions |
| SHCC |
Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites | |
| SHEAR |
Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience | |
| SHIELD |
Safety Human Incident and Error Learning Database | |
| SHINE |
Self Healing INnovative Elastomers | |
| SHINE |
Self Help InspiriNg E-resources |
Plymouth University |
| SHORE | Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions | |
| SHPB | Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar |
Also known as Kolsky Bar |
| SHTB | Split Hopkinson Tension Bar | |
| SHVC | Substances of Very High Concern |
UK REACH Candidate List |
| SHY | Seawater HYdraulic Power Take-Off (PTO) |
€4m EU Horizon Europe project grant |
| sHYpS |
sustainable HYdrogen powered Shipping | |
| SI |
Spectral Imaging |
|
| SI |
Stress Impedance |
|
| SI |
Système International d'unités |
International System of Units |
| SIAS |
Science Industry Assessment Service |
|
| SI-ATRP |
Surface-Initiated Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerisation |
|
| SIC |
Soil Inorganic Carbon |
|
| SIC |
Standard Industrial Classifications |
|
| SIC |
Stress Induced Crystallisation |
|
| SICA |
South Indian Cotton Association |
|
| SiCp |
Silicon Carbide particles |
|
| SiCw |
Silicon Carbide whiskers |
|
| SIDER |
Structural Irregularity and Damage Evaluation Routine |
|
| SIDS |
Small Island Development States |
|
| SIF |
Strategic Investment Fund |
|
| SIF |
Strain Intensity Factor |
|
| SIFT |
Scale Invariant Feature Transform |
|
| SIFT |
Strain-Invariant Failure Theory |
|
| SIG |
Special Interest Group |
|
| SIGMA |
Sustainability Integrated Guidelines for MAnagament |
|
| SiHA |
Silicon-substituted hydroxyapatite |
|
| SIHM |
Structurally Integrated Health Monitoring |
|
| SILPG |
Self-Interference Long Period Grating fibre sensor |
|
| SIM |
Structured Illumination Microscopy |
|
| SIMdex |
Structural Integrity Monitoring inDEX |
|
| SIMM |
Scanning Indentation Mechanical Microscope |
|
| SIMoNET |
Structural Integrity Monitoring Network |
|
| SIMPL |
Safety in Manufacturing Plastics initiative |
British Plastics Federation .. UK Composites |
| SIMPL |
Spatial Information Management Programming Language |
|
| SIMPL |
Safety in Manufacturing Plastics and Composites |
|
| SIMPLE |
Semi IMplicit Pressure Link(ing) Equation(s) |
|
| SIMPLE |
Space Inflatable Membrane structures Pioneering Long-term Experiments |
|
| SIMS |
Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy |
|
| SIMS |
School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science |
Cranfield University |
| SIP |
Science Industry Partnership |
|
| SIP |
[ConTech] Stay-In-Place technology |
|
| SIP |
Structural Insulated Panels |
Aquentium's Disaster Relief Housing Subsidiary (HERE International) |
| SIRA |
Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda |
|
| SIRT |
Simultaneous Iterative Reconstruction Technique |
|
| SIS |
Poly(Styrene-Isoprene-Styrene) block copolymer |
|
| S-ITs |
Self-Initiated Terrorists | |
| SITPS | Structurally Integrated Thermal Protection System |
|
| SITR | Social Investment Tax Relief | |
| SITRA |
South India Textile Research Association |
|
| SJ | Synthetic Jet | |
| SKEF | Strategic Knowledge Exchange Fund | |
| SKL | Softwood Kraft Lignin | |
| SKLFPM |
State Key Laboratory for modification of chemical Fibres and Polymer Materials |
Donghua University ~ China |
| SL | StereoLithography | Rapid Prototyping technique |
| SLA | Synthetic Lightweight Aggregate | |
| SLAPP | Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation |
|
| SLC | Site Licence Companies | |
| SLCA | Social Life Cycle Assessments | |
| SLCD | Smart Constrained Layer Damping | |
| SLCN | Speech, Language and Communication Needs | |
| SLCP | Short-Lived Climate Pollutant | |
| SLCP | Sloping Land Conservation Program | |
| SLI | Single Line Injection |
Autoclave-based resin infusion using one pipe for evacuation and for resin feed |
| SLIPDUCTS |
Swelling-Loss of Control-Immobility-Pain-Deformity-Unnatural-Crepitus-Tenderness-Shock |
Emergency First Aid on fractures |
| SLJ | Single Lap Joint | |
| SLM | Selective Laser Melting | |
| SLM | Sheet Lamination Method | |
| SLOE | Standard Limits of Error |
Percentage of temperature in degrees Celcius referenced to 0°C |
| sLoLa | Strategic Longer and Larger | BBSRC grants |
| SLOR | Single Line Ocean Riser | |
| SLP | Sequential Linear Programming | |
| SLR | Surface Local Reconstruction | |
| SLR | Systematic Literature Review | |
| SLS | Selective Laser Sintering | |
| SLS | Serviceability Limit State | |
| SLS | Sodium Lauryl Sulphate | |
| SLS | Standard Linear Solid | kinetic viscoelastic model |
| SLS | Stepwise Limited Sampling | |
| SM | Surrogate Model | |
| SMA | Shape Memory Alloy | |
| SMA | Stearyl MethAcrylate | |
| SMA | Poly (Styrene-co-Maleic Anhydride) copolymer | |
| SMA | Sustainable Management Approach | |
| SMAH | Styrene-MaleicAnhydride copolymer | |
| SMAHC | Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Composite | |
| SMART | Sensible, Modular, Autonomous Return Technology |
United Launch Alliance Vulcan reusable rocket |
| SMART | Sensors Mounted As Roving Threads | |
| SMART | Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique | |
| SMART | Small and Medium Area Repair Technique | |
| SMART | Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Realistic - Time-related |
... but see also ARMPITS |
| SmaRTM | Smart Resin Transfer Moulding | |
| SMARTmat | Smart Materials, Surfaces and Structures Network |
A node of Materials Knowledge Transfer Network |
| SMAT | Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment | |
| SMC | Sheet Moulding Compound | |
| SMLS | Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition | |
| SMCR | Self-Modelling Curve Resolution | |
| SME | Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises | |
| SME | Specific Mechanical Energy | |
| SMES | Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage | |
| SMI | Society of Maritime Industries | |
| SMLM | Single Molecule Localization Microscopy | |
| SMMI | Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute | |
| SMMT |
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Limited |
London - United Kingdom |
| SMP | Seamless Molding Paste |
For high temperature resistant tools and master models |
| SMP | Shape Memory Polymer | |
| SMP | Solid Mechanics Program (ONR) | |
| SMPC | Shape Memory Polymer Composites | |
| SMR | Spherically Mounted Retroreflectors | |
| SMS | Sustainability Management System | |
| SMSE |
School of Marine Science and Engineering | |
| SMTE | Spanwise Morphing Trailing Edge | |
| SMUE | Soil Moisture Use Efficiency | |
| SMV | Sheet Moulding Veil | |
| S/N | Stress vs Number of cycles plot in fatigue |
|
| SNAK | Society of Naval Architects of Korea | |
| SNCF |
Societé Nationale de Chemins de Fer |
France |
| SNFRC |
Short Natural Fibre Reinforced Composites |
|
| SNFT |
Short Natural Fibre Thermoplastics |
|
| SNG |
Synthetic Natural Gas |
|
| SNL |
Sandia National Laboratories |
|
| SNOM |
Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy |
also abbreviated to NOSM |
| SNR | Signal-to-Noise Ratio | |
| SNR | Small Nuclear Reactors | |
| SNUF | Seoul National University Flap |
composite helicopter rotor blades |
| SO2 | Sulphur dioxide | |
| SOA | Safe Operating Area | |
| SOA | Service Oriented Architecture | |
| SOC | Soil Organic Carbon | |
| SOC | Spin Orbital Coupling | |
| SOCA | Sustainably Optimised Composite Automotive | |
| SOCMA |
Synthetic
Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association |
Washington DC - USA |
| SOE |
School of Engineering |
University of Plymouth |
| SOE |
splicing by overlap extension | |
| SOE |
Surface-Oxidation Epitaxy |
|
| SOFFICE |
Silent Office |
DTI Technology Programme - April 2004 competition |
| SOFI |
Spray-On Foam Insulation |
|
| SOFM |
Self-Organising Feature Maps |
|
| SoFMEA |
Social Failure Modes and Effects Analysis |
|
| SOI |
Standardised Operating Instructions | |
| SOLAS |
Safety of Life at Sea |
|
| SOM |
Self Organising Map |
|
| SoMAC |
Sovereign Manufacturing Automation for Composites |
Australian Cooperative Research Centre |
| SOMG |
Soybean Oil MonoGlyceride |
|
| SONAR |
SOund Navigation And Ranging |
|
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure | |
| SOP | Sulphate of Potassium fertiliser | |
| SOPEP | SOybean Phosphate Ester | |
| SOPs4RI | the Standard Operating Procedures for Research Integrity |
|
| SORS | Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy | |
| SOS |
Smart Operating Shelter |
|
| SOSI |
Sustainability-Oriented Service Innovation |
|
| SOTIF |
Safety Of The Intended Functionality |
ISO/DIS 21448 Road vehicles. Safety of the intended functionality |
| SoTIR |
State of the Technology Industry Report | SAMPE |
| SOWIA |
Subjective and Objective Weight Integrated Approach |
|
| SOx |
Sulphur Oxides |
|
| SP |
Series-Parallel |
|
| SP |
Stated Preference |
|
| SPACE |
Socialise, Play, Aspire, Connect and Enjoy |
University of Plymouth wellbeing café |
| SpaRC |
Spatially Reinforced Composites 5-axis technology |
University of Ulster the Engineering Composites Research Centre (ECRE) |
| SPARC Europe |
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Europe |
|
| SPATE |
Stress Pattern Analysis by Thermal Emission |
|
| SPC | self-polishing copolymer | |
| SPC |
Statistical Process Control |
|
| SPCV |
Smart Composite Pressure Vessels |
|
| SPDM |
Simulation Data and Process Management | |
| SPE |
Society of Plastics Engineers |
United States organisation |
| SPE |
Solid Phase Extraction |
|
| SPE |
Structural Polymer Electrolyte |
|
| SPECIFIC |
Sustainable Product Engineering Centre for Innovative Functional Industrial Coatings | |
| SPEEK |
Sulphonated Poly (Ether Ether Ketone) |
|
| SPF |
Sender Policy Framework |
|
| SPF |
Strategic Priorities Fund |
Innovate UK Small Business Research Initiative |
| SPF |
SuperPlastic Forming |
|
| SPFPP |
Sector Priorities Fund Pilot Programme |
|
| SPH |
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics |
|
| SPI |
Society of the Plastics Industry |
United States organisation now Plastics Industry Association |
| SPI |
Soy Protein Isolate |
|
| SPI |
Static Pulsed Infusion |
|
| SPIM |
Single-Plane Illumination Microscopy |
|
| SPIM |
Scanning Probe Image Processor |
|
| SPIRE |
Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and process Efficiency |
|
| SPL |
Sound Pressure Level |
|
| SPM | Scanning Probe Microscope | |
| SPM | Semi-Permeable Membrane (for resin infusion processes) |
|
| SPM | Summary for Policy Makers | |
| SPM | Suspended Particulate Matter | |
| SPMI | Semi Permeable Membrane Infusion | |
| SPORT | Single Particle Orientation and Rotational Tracking |
|
| SPOTS |
Standardisatoion Project for Optical Techniques for Strain measurement |
|
| SPP |
Surface Plasmon Polaritons |
|
| SPP |
Sustainable Product Performance |
|
| SPRINT |
Structural Polymers Resin Infusion New Technology |
SP Systems (now Gurit) |
| SPRM |
Solid Propellant Rocket Motor |
|
| SPR |
Surface Plasmon Resonance | |
| SPRT |
Sequential Probability Ratio Test |
|
| SPS |
Sandwich Plate System |
|
| SPS |
Single Payment Scheme |
|
| SPS |
Spark Plasma Sintering |
|
| SPS |
Steel Panel Systems |
|
| SPS |
Steel Polyurethane Sandwich |
|
| sPS |
Syndiotactic Polystyrene |
|
| SPTTM |
Subtractive Pin Tooling mould manufacture |
Surface Generation Limited |
| SPV | Special Purpose Vehicle | |
| SQEP | Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel | |
| SQP | Sequential Quadratic Programming | |
| SQP |
Standard Qualification Plan |
|
| SQUID | Superconducting QUantum Interference Device | |
| SQUIID |
Simplified Quantitative Impact Indicator for food Dishes | |
| SQRTM |
Same Qualified RTM |
Qualified prepreg resins injected into dry and prepreg preforms. Sara Black in HPC |
| SR | Sparse Reconstruction | |
| SR | Super Resolution | |
| SRA | Strategic Research Agenda | |
| SRAS | Spatially Resolved Acoustic Spectroscopy | |
| SRBSN | Sintered Reaction Bonded Silicon Nitride | |
| SRCT | Synchrotron Radiation Computed Tomography | |
| SREAM | Self-similar Re-Entrant Auxetic Metamaterials | |
| SREB | SREB (Silk Road Economic Belt) |
OBOR (One Belt, One Road) = MSR (Maritime Silk Road) + SREB |
| SRG | Steel Reinforced Grout | |
| SRGM | Software Relibility Growth Method | |
| SRI | Sustainable Recycling Industries programme | |
| SRIA | Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda |
Clean Aviation |
| SRIM |
Structural (reinforced) Reaction Injection Moulding |
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| SRM |
Solar Radiation Management/Modification |
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| SRM |
Structural Repair Manual |
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| SRM |
Sulphate-Reducing Microorganisms | |
| SRM |
Supplier Relationship Management |
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| SRN |
Strategic Road Network |
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| SRS |
Shock Response Spectrum |
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| SRS |
Synchrotron Radiation Source |
Daresbury Laboratory |
| SRTP |
Safe Return to Port regulations |
SOLAS DNVGL Guidance |
| SS | sodium 4-styrenesulfonate | |
| SS | Spatial Smoothing | |
| SS | Steam Ship | |
| SS | Stochastic Sampling | |
| SS2C | Sold Subject To Contract | |
| SSA | Successive Self-nucleation and Annealing | |
| SSARM | Society for Sustainable Agriculture and Resource Management |
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| SSbD | Safe and Sustainable by Design | |
| SSBN | Ship Submersible Ballistic-missile Nuclear-Powered |
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| SSC | Standardised Service for Clients | |
| SSCM | Sustainable Supply Chain Management | |
| SSD | Selective Surface Dissolution | |
| SSD | Simple Steepest Descent | |
| SSD | Solid State Drive | |
| SSDR | specific surface degradation rate | |
| SSFEM |
Spectral Stochastic Finite Element Method |
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| SSG |
Self-Stacked solvated reduced Graphene oxide |
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| SSGN | Ship Submersible Guided-missile Nuclear-Powered |
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| SSH |
Social Sciences and Humanities |
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| SSI |
Self-Sovereign Identity | |
| SSK | Ship Submersible Conventional-Powered | |
| SSN | Ship Submersible Nuclear-Powered | |
| SSRM |
Scanning Spreading Resistance Microscopy |
Scanning Probe Microscopy with an applied electrical bias |
| SSSE | Solid-State Shear Extrusion | |
| SSSHS | Sheffield Solid State Heating System | |
| SSSM | Solid-State Shear Milling | |
| SSP | Shared Socioeconomic Pathway | |
| SSP2 | Second Shared Socioeconomic Pathway | |
| SSPP | Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging | |
| SSR | Single-Stream Recycling | |
| SSRN |
Social Science Research Network | |
| SST |
Shear Stress Transport |
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| SST |
Super-Sonic Transport |
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| SSTAS-GAN |
Surface Strain Transforms to Assembly Stress - Generative Adversarial Networks | |
| SSTC |
Sold Subject To Contract |
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| SSU |
Standard Sensor Unit |
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| SSU |
Subsea Storage Unit |
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| SSY |
Small-Scale Yielding |
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| ST |
Styrene |
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| STA |
Simultaneous Thermal Analyser |
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| STaas |
Storage as a Service |
Cloud computing |
| StackScan |
Ultrasonic non-destructive testing |
Registered Trademark of QinetiQ Limited |
| STAGES |
Science and Technology Advancing Governance on Good Environmental Status |
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| STANAG |
STANdardisation AGreement |
NATO |
| STAR |
Sweep Twist Adaptive Rotor |
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| -stat- | - statistical copolymer with - | |
| STCP | Short Term Critical Pressure | |
| STE | Social Tipping Elements | |
| STEBIC | Scanning Transmission Electron Beam Induced Current |
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| STED | Stimulated Emission Depletion Microscopy | |
| STEM | Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy | |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
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| STEM | Structures TEchnology Maturity | |
| STEMM | Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine |
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| STEP | Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production | |
| STEP | STrain Enhanced Precipitation | |
| STEX | STeam EXplosion | |
| STF | Shear-Thickening Fluids | |
| STFC |
Science and Technology Facilities Council |
formerly CLRC and PPARC |
| STFT | Short Time Fourier Transform | |
| STG | Shear-Thickening Gel | |
| STGCN | Spatial-Temporal Graph Convolutional Networks |
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| SThM | Scanning Thermal Microscopy | |
| STI | Social Tipping Interventions | |
| STIRPAT |
STochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence and Technology | |
| STM | Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy | |
| STO | Studentships Tenable Overseas | |
| STOA | Scientific and Technological Option Assessment |
European Parliament Office |
| STOP | Science and Technology Opportunities Project |
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| STORM | STochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy |
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| STORMLAMP |
STructural behaviour Of Rock Mounted Lighthouses At the Mercy of imPulsive waves |
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| S-TOFD | Shear-wave time of flight diffraction | |
| STOVL | Short Take-Off Vertical Landing | |
| STReCo | Shrinkage of Thermoset Resins and Composites |
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| STReP | Strategic Targeted Research Projects | |
| STS | Science and Techology Studies | |
| STT | Sandwich Tear Test | |
| STUNNING |
SmarT mUlti-fuNctioNal amd INtegrated thermoplastic fuselaGe |
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| SuCCEED |
Sustainable Composite Cities Environmental Evaluation and Design | |
| SuDS | Sustainable Drainage Systems | |
| SUGI | Sustainable Urban Global Initiative | |
| SUGV | Standardised Unmanned Ground Vehicles |
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| SuLIDeP |
Sustainable Location Identification Decision Protocol |
determining the location of recycling centres in a circular economy |
| SUMEEPnet |
Sustainable Use of Materials for Electrical and Electronic Products |
Network hosted by GnoSys UK at the University of Surrey |
| SUPD | Single-Use Plastic Directive | |
| SUPG | Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin | |
| SURESCOM | SUstainable and RESponsible COMpany model |
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| SURF | Scale-Up Research Facility | |
| SURF | Subsea Umbilical, Risers and Flowlines | |
| SUSAN |
Sustainability Academic Network | |
| SusBioMM | Sustainable Bio-based Materials and Manufacture | |
| SusCompNet |
Sustainable Composites Network |
BioComposites Centre - University of Wales Bangor |
| SustComp |
Sustainable Composites project |
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| SVD |
Singular Value Decomposition |
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| SVHC |
Substances of Very High Concern |
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| SVM |
Support Vector Machines |
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| SVR |
Support Vector Regression |
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| SW CoRE |
South West Chamber of Rural Enterprise |
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| SWAFS |
Science with and for Society |
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| SWAIN |
South West Angels and Investor Network |
Bristol |
| SWAM |
Surface Wave Acoustic Microscopy |
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| SWC |
Survey of Worker Conditions (BLS) |
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| SWCNT |
Single-Walled Carbon Nano Tubes |
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| SWD |
Staff Working Document |
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| SWE |
Stress Wave Emission (a.k.a. acoustic emission) |
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| SWEEP |
South West Partnership for Environment & Economic Prosperity |
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| SWERDA |
South West of England Regional Development Agency |
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| SWF |
Sovereign Wealth Fund |
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| SWF |
Stress Wave Factor (acousto-ultrasonics) |
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| SWIMS |
Solid Waste Infrastructure Modelling System |
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| SWIPA |
Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic |
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| SWIR |
Short Wave InfraRed |
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| SWISH |
Somerset Wide Integrated Sexual Health Services |
Yeovil College safeguarding link |
| SWMAS |
South West Manufacturing Advisory Service |
DTI |
| SWNT |
Single-Walled Nano Tubes |
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| SWORL |
Sprayable, Workable, One-part/low-odor, Reusable, Long-lasting |
Prairie Technology Group vacuum bagging system |
| SWOT |
Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats | |
| SWS |
Silica Water Suspension |
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| SWSIC |
South West Science and Industry Council |
Bristol |
| SXCT |
Synchrotron X-ray Computed Tomography |
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| SYD |
Stitched Yarn induced fibre Distortion |
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