AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY 

The worlds largest organization devoted to promoting welding and related processes.

ASM INTERNATIONAL
(Formally "The American Society for Metals") is a network of individual engineers who work with metals and materials.

THERMAL SPRAY SOCIETY
"TSS" is an Affiliate Society of AMS International which serves those working with evolving technology through a variety of dedicated products and services. Membership in the society includes subscription to Advanced Materials and Processes Magazine and the Spraytime Quarterly, the official society newsletter published jointly with the International Thermal Spray Association.

INTERNATIONAL THERMAL SPRAY ASSOCIATION
Since 1948 a select group of coating contractors and suppliers perfecting the art of thermal spray technology.

CENTER FOR THERMAL SPRAY RESEARCH (CTSR)
at the State University of New York at Stony Brook is a designated US National Science Foundation was an outgrowth of the Thermal Spray Laboratory set up in the late 1970s by Dr. Herman. The MRSEC program focuses on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to materials research of the highest caliber. There are 29 MRSECs in the US specializing in various aspects of materials physics, chemistry and engineering. Details about these Centers are available at www.mrsec.org). CTSR was established as a MRSEC in 1996 following a yearlong national competition and supported initially for a period of 4 years. In 2000, CTSR was reestablished for an additional 5-year period.

GORDON ENGLAND THERMAL SPRAY CONSULTANT
This site is rich in information on surface engineering and thermal spray coating topics and includes measurement unit conversion calculators, hardness testing, periodic table and links to other useful websites.