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List of Symbols and Acronyms

API ... Application Programming Interface
BCC ... Body-Centered Cubic
BTE ... Boltzmann Transport Equation
CAD ... Computer-Aided Design
CFD ... Computational Fluid Dynamics
Cu ... Copper
DoS ... Density Of States
EEPROM ... Electrically Erasable, Programmable, Read-Only Memory
FBMC ... Full Band Monte Carlo
FCC ... Face-Centered Cubic
FE ... Finite Elements
FEA ... Finite Element Analysis
FEDOS ... Finite Elements Diffusion and Oxidation Simulator
FEM ... Finite Elements Method
GSSE ... Generic Scientific Simulation Environment
IC ... Integrated Circuit
LIC ... Line Integral Convolution
MC ... Monte Carlo
MOS ... Metal Oxide Semiconductor
NASA ... National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NVM ... Non-Volatile Memory
PCA ... Principal Component Analysis
PDE ... Partial Differential Equation
SEM ... Scanning Electron Microscopy
SiC ... Silicon carbide
SiO$ _2$ ... Silicon dioxide
STL ... Standard Template Library
Ta ... Tantalum
TCAD ... Technology Computer-Aided Design
TetrUSS ... Tetrahedral Unstructured Software System
VMC ... Vienna Monte Carlo


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