Plating

ASEF- American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society - Publishes Plating and Surface Finishing Magazine. They also support research in the plating/finishing area. See their research reports.
www.aesf.org/

Dawn Research - Electrochemical Consulting - Dawn Research provides consulting in electrochemical engineering. Disciplines include coatings, free standing electroform technologies, low stress alloy plating, engineered material properties, electronic monitoring of stress in applied metal coatings.
dawnresearch.home.att.net