James F. King Welding Engineer Materials Joining and NDE Group Metals and Ceramics Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Post Office Box 2008 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6096 Tel: 865-574-5065 Fax: 865-574-4928 kingjfl@ornl.gov

Research Interests: James F. King is a Senior Research Welding Engineer in the Metals and Ceramic Division’s Materials Joining and Nondestructive Testing Group. His research extends from basic analysis of welding processes and process development, materials weldability assessment, filler metal development and properties characterization to applied technologies for a wide variety of systems. These include: development and fabrication of nuclear devices; nuclear reactor materials and joining process development applicable to experimental reactor systems, and Radioisotopic Power Systems; dissimilar materials joining, fossil energy materials development and fabrication; refractory alloys for space nuclear power applications; nuclear submarine propulsor fabrication; and interpretation and application of codes and specifications such as ASME, AWS, and Military Standards. This work has utilized a wide variety of joining processes including most of the conventional arc welding processes, friction welding, resistance welding, brazing, electron beam and laser beam. Education: 1968 BSWE, Ohio State University Professional Experience: 1974 - Present: Welding Engineer in the Materials Joining and NDE Group 1968 - 1974: Development Welding Engineer at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant Professional Societies: American Welding Society ASM International Honors and Awards: NASA Group Achievement Award for the Cassini Program RTG and RHU Team, 1998 Fellow of the American Welding Society 1996 Martin Marietta Technical Achievement Award for the SEAWOLF Propulsor team recognized at the Martin Marietta Awards Night. 1992 President's Award for Continuous Improvement for the SEAWOLF Project. 1992 American Welding Society District Meritorious Certificate Award 1991 American Welding Society Distinguished Member 1989 Member of team awarded the IR 100 Award for the development of Super 9 Cr-1 Mo steel alloy, 1982 Selected Publications: M. L. Grossbeck, J. F. King, D. J. Alexander, P. M. Rice, and G. M. Goodwin, "Development of techniques for welding V-Cr-Ti alloys," Journal of Nuclear Materials, 258-263 (1998) 1369-1374 J. F. King, D. A. Frederick, Correlation of Weld Defects with Ultrasonic Test Indications in Nickel-Aluminum Bronze, ORNL/TM-12618, January 1994 J. F. King, F. W. Baity, D. J. Hoffman, J. C. Walls, D. J. Taylor, "Materials Tests and Analyses of Faraday Shield Tubes for ICRF Antennas," Fusion Technology 15, 1093-6, March 1989 H. Ei. McCoy, J. F. King, Mechanical Properties of Hastelloy X in Gas-Cooled Reactor Environment, DOE-HTGR-87-004, ORNL-6471, August 1988 J. F. King, S. A. David, "Electron Beam Welding of Heavy Section Ferritic Steels," Advances in Welding Science and Technology, proceedings of the International Conference on Trends in Welding Research, May 1986, ASM International, Metals Park, Ohio 1987 J. F. King, V. K. Sikka, M. L. Santella, J. F. Turner, E. W. Pickering, Weldability of Modified 9 Cr-1 Mo Steel, ORNL-62g9, September 1986 R. L. Klueh, J. F. King, "Austenitic Stainless Steel-Ferritic Steel Weld Joint Failures," Weld. J. 61(9), 302s-311s (1982) J. F. King, M. D. Sullivan, G. M. Slaughter, "Development of an Improved Stainless Steel to Ferritic Steel Transition Joint:, Weld. J. (Miami) 56(11) 354s-358s (November 1977)

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