Mr. James F. Walton II

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Mr. James F. Walton II, Vice President of program development for Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc. (MiTi), received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia, and his M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida.

Mr. Walton is an internationally recognized technologist in the area of rotor system dynamics, having been principal investigator on programs related to advanced dampers, balancing technologies and systems, and rotor system destabilizing mechanisms. Mr. Walton has managed programs related to the development of high load and high temperature dampers, advanced fluid film dampers, the development and installation of magnetic dampers in existing power plant machinery, the development and integration of foil bearings into oil-free, high-speed and high-temperature turbomachinery, the installation of an advanced Pilot Production Automated Laser Balancing System as well as hybrid foil and active magnetic bearings for advanced gas turbine engine applications. Mr. Walton has published extensively in areas such as balancing, damping, foil bearings and rotordynamic instability mechanisms and holds 3 U.S. patents. Mr. Walton has authored over 50 technical publications, Co-authored the chapter “Principles of Gas Turbine Bearing Lubrication Design” in the book titled Theory of Hydrodynamic Lubrication ; received the SAE Charles M. Manly Memorial Award, and received the ASME/IGTI 1999 Small Turbomachinery Best Paper Award.

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