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Ship Design & Material Technologies Major Initiative Team Lead

John Walks is a Project Engineer at Ingalls Shipbuilding with sixteen years of marine engineering experience. Prior to becoming Assistant Team Leader, Walks served as Chairman of the PDMT Panel for four years. He works in the Ingalls Shipbuiding Advanced Capabilities Group in research and development, as well as proposal support. Before joining the Advanced Capabilities Group, Walks worked in the Planning Yard, where he was the lead HVAC engineer as well as the lead engineer for the retrofit installation of Plastic Waste Processors for the CG47, DD963, and DDG993 ship classes. He was lead engineer for the conversion of the air conditioning plants for the CG47 class to a non-ozone-depleting refrigerant. Walks received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Alabama and is a member of ASNE.

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