General Acronym Listing by Letter

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A
AACSB	the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
	other notes:	accrediting body for the BS and MS degrees offered by the Department of Management
	Web address:	http://www.aacsb.edu/

AAV	Alumni Admissions Volunteers
	Web address:	http://www.admissions.wpi.edu/AAV/

ABET	Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
	pronunciation:	'a-bet'
	other notes:	ABET has accredited WPI's programs in BME, Chem Eng, Civil, ECE/EE, IE, MFE, and ME
	Web address:	http://www.abet.org/

AC	Area Coordinator
	other notes:	employee of RSO

AC	Advisory Council
	other notes:	A subset of the Graduate Student Government

ACM	Association for Computing Machinery
	other notes:	student organization
	Web address:	http://www.acm.wpi.edu/

ACP	Advanced Certificate Programs

ACPCWG	Academic Computing Policy Committee and Working Group

ACRC	Advanced Casting Research Center
	other notes:	part of MPI
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/ACRC/

ACS	American Chemical Society
	other notes:	also known as Skeptical Chemists
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~skepchem

ACS	American Chemical Society
	other notes:	accrediting body for the Chemistry major
	Web address:	http://www.chemistry.org/

AD	Athletic Director

ADLN	Advanced Distance Learning Network
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/ADLN/

ADP	Advanced Document Processing Laboratory
	pronunciation:	ADP-Lab
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CCC/Labs/labs.html

ADSA	Assistant Director of Student Activities
	other notes:	employee of SAO

ADSA	Associate Director of Student Activities
	other notes:	employee of SAO

AE	Annual Events Committee
	pronunciation:	AE-Comm
	other notes:	part of SocComm
	Web address:	http://soccomm.wpi.edu/

AEJ	Allan E. Johannesen
	other notes:	Director, Internetworking and Telecommunication
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~aej/

AEMB	Alpha Eta Mu Beta
	Greek letters:	ΑΗΜΒ
	pronunciation:	AEMB
	other notes:	Biomedical Engineering honor society

AFAS	Air Force and Aerospace Studies Department
	other notes:	academic department
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/AFAS/

AFB	Alumni Fund Board

AFEL	Alternative Fuel Economics Laboratory
	Web address:	http://www.me.wpi.edu/Research/AFEL/

AFM	Atomic Force Microscopy Lab
	pronunciation:	AFM-Lab
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Physics/AFM/

AFROTC	Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp
	pronunciation:	'Air Force rot-sea', Air Force ROTC
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/AFAS/

AG	Access Grid
	other notes:	Sometimes Access Grid Node
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CCC/HPC/AG/

AG	Arthur Gerstenfeld
	Web address:	http://mgt.wpi.edu/People/Gerstenfeld/

AGD	Alpha Gamma Delta
	Greek letters:	ΑΓΔ
	other notes:	social fraternity for women
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~agd/

AIAA	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
	pronunciation:	AI-Double-A
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~aiaa/

AIChE	American Institute of Chemical Engineers
	pronunciation:	'achy'
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~aiche/

AIDG	Artificial Intelligence in Design Group
	other notes:	CS research group
	Web address:	http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/AIDG/

AIM	Automation and Interventional Medicine
	other notes:	Automation and Interventional Medicine Robotics Research Laboratory
	Web address:	http://aimlab.wpi.edu

AIRG	Artificial Intelligence Research Group
	other notes:	CS research group
	Web address:	http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/AIRG/

AISA	Alliance of International Students and Alumni
	Web address:	http://www.aisa.wpi.edu/

AISES	American Indian Science and Engineering Society

ALAS	Applied Logic and Security
	other notes:	Typically seen as "ALAS Lab"
	Web address:	http://web.cs.wpi.edu/Research/alas/

ALC	Alumni Leadership Council
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Alumni/Association/alc.html

AM	Asset Management
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Asset/

AM	Associate Member
	other notes:	fraternal term

AMERIC	Aerospace Materials Education, Research, and Innovation Center
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Research/AMERIC/

ANS	American Nuclear Society
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~ans

AO	Accounting Office
	pronunciation:	Accounting
	other notes:	uncommon as an acronym
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Acc/

AO	Admissions Office
	pronunciation:	Admissions
	Web address:	http://www.admissions.wpi.edu/

AOD	Alcohol and Other Drugs

AOR	Advancement Operations and Research

APBM	Administrative Policies and Benefits Manual
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/HR/BenMan/

APDE	African Percussion and Dance Ensemble
	pronunciation:	'app-dee'
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~apde

APO	Alpha Phi Omega
	Greek letters:	ΑΦΩ
	pronunciation:	APO
	other notes:	co-ed service fraternity
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~apo

APW	AIDS Project Worcester
	Web address:	http://www.aidsprojectworcester.org/

ARC	Academic Resources Center
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/ARC/

ARC	Academic Research Collaborative
	other notes:	Direct borrowing cards which allow access to local college library materials.
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Borrowing/directborrowing.html

ARD	Alumni Reports Database

ARSC	Academic Resources Study Center

ARSO	Associate Radiation Safety Officer

AS	Administrative Services
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/AS/

AS	Alden Society
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Giving/Planned/alden.html

ASCE	American Society of Civil Engineers
	pronunciation:	'ascii'
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~wpiasce/

ASIPSA	Alliance of Small Institution Sponsored Program Administrators
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Research/ASISPA/

ASME	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
	pronunciation:	'ass-me'

ASWG	Administrative Systems Working Group

ATC	Academic Technology Center
	other notes:	formerly IMC
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/ATC/

ATO	Alpha Tau Omega
	Greek letters:	ΑΤΩ
	pronunciation:	ATO
	other notes:	social fraternity
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~atomega/

ATRC	Assistive Technology Resource Center
	Web address:	http://www.me.wpi.edu/Research/ATRC/

AUP	Acceptable Use Policy
	pronunciation:	The AUP
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/Policies/AUP/

AV	Alden Voices
	other notes:	Female Counterpart to the WPI Men's Glee Club.
	Web address:	http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/Music/Ensembles/voices.html

AXD	Alpha Xi Delta
	Greek letters:	ΑΞΔ

AXP	Alpha Chi Rho
	Greek letters:	ΑΧΡ
	pronunciation:	Crow, 'a-row'
	other notes:	social fraternity
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~axp/

AY	Academic Year
	other notes:	An academic year begins with the start of A-Term. AY06 represents the 2005-2006 school year.

AYO	Alpha Psi Omega
	Greek letters:	ΑΨΩ
	pronunciation:	Alpha Psi
	other notes:	dramatic honor society, Rho Kappa Cast; at other universities the acronym would be APO, but AYO is used in deference to Alpha Phi Omega.
	Web address:	http://users.wpi.edu/~alphapsi/