| APLT | Automated Plate Load Testing |
| APT | Accelerated Pavement Testing |
| BCR | Bearing Capacity Ratio |
| C&D | Construction and Demolishing |
| CB | Carbon Black |
| CBR | California Bearing Ratio |
| CNT | Carbon Nano Tubes |
| CRS | Constant Rate of Strain |
| DCP | Dynamic Cone Penetrometer |
| DIC | Digital Image Correlation technique |
| DSC | Digital Scanning Calorimetry |
| EVAC | Ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer. |
| FBG | Fiber Bragg Grating |
| FTIR | Fourier Transform Infrared |
| HDPE | High-Density Polyethylene |
| IRI | International Roughness Index |
| LDPE | Low-Density Polyethylene |
| LWD | Lightweight Deflectometer |
| MD | Machine Direction |
| PCC | Portland Cement Concrete |
| PET | Polyethylene Terephthalate |
| PMMA | Poly (methyl methacrylate) |
| PP | Polypropylene |
| PVC | Polyvinyl Chloride |
| SCR | Stress Concentration Ratio |
| SEGG | Sensor Enabled Geogrids |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| XMD | Cross-Machine Direction |