hardness testing, Electroplating, high vacuum plasma environments, EDS, Dsc, chemical and elastomer compatibility, arc deposition, Ftir, nickel plating, root cause investigation, salt spray testing, Statistical Process Control, surface engineering, analytical and testing methods, cvd, Failure Analysis, coating processes, optical microscopy, Cnc Machining, materials chemistry, electroless nickel plating, material selection and qualification, evaporation, Sem, PVD, sputtering

surface engineering, materials science, Electroplating, cvd, EDS, Dsc, coating processes, optical microscopy, Ftir, Sem, PVD, sputtering

additive manufacturing , metallograph, relationship between microstructures and mechanical properties of metallic materials, laser directed energy deposition, hardness testing, microstructural characterization, EBSD, Mechanical Testing