CDR Jonathan “Buddy” Slager, Ph.D.

 Permanent Military Professor
Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering Department
United States Naval Academy
590 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5042
slager@usna.edu

• Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering
• Dissertation: " Multi-Material/Fiber/Particulate Selective Laser Sintering System Capable of Local Composition Control and Material Gradients"
  

• Master of Science, Aeronautical Engineering

• Test Pilot Certification

• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

• Additive and Multi-Material Manufacturing
• Bioengineering and Prosthetic Design
• Underwater Digital Image Correlation    
• Material Properties Characterization

• 2022-Present: Permanent Military Professor, U.S. Naval Academy / Annapolis, MD 
• 2016-2018: Test Pilot Instructor, US Naval Test Pilot / Patuxent, MD 
• 2014-2016: Operations Off., OIR Strike Lead, Dep Head, VFA-25 (CVN-75) / Lemoore, CA 
• 2012-2014: Carrier Air Group Operations, CVW-5 (CVN-73) / Atsugi, Japan 
• 2010-2012: Test Pilot (CVN Suit., X47, Wep. Sep), VX-23 (NAVAIR) / Patuxent, MD 

• Green, J. T., Slager, J. J., Lopez, M., Chanoi, Z., Stewart, C. M., & Gonzalez, R. V. (2026). Physiological Load-Response in Synthetic Ligaments through Active Filament-Mixing Fabrication: JT Green et al. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 1-14.
• Slager, J. J., Earp, B. C., Storck, S. M., Wise, S., Zupan, M., & Ibrahim, A. M. (2025) “Increasing isotropy and predictability through electroplating of tensile properties of polyamide 12 parts manufactured by selective laser sintering” Progress in Additive Manufacturing.
• Slager, J. J., Green, J. T., Chanoi, Z. A., O’Brien, D. A., Levine, S. D., Gonzalez, R. V. (2025) “Multi-Material Powder Bed Fusion System Design and Operation.” Rapid Prototyping.
• Slager, J. J., Green, J. T., Levine, S. D., & Gonzalez, R. V. (2025). The Influence of Print Orientation and Discontinuous Carbon Fiber Content on the Tensile Properties of Selective Laser-Sintered Polyamide 12. Polymers, 17(15), 2028.
• Getto, E., Schoffstall, L.C., Hall-Smith, S., Kinnaman, C.M., Ma, M., Harnage, J, Slager, J.J., Baker, B.W., Joyce, P.J., and Durkin, D.P. "Impact of gamma radiation on the thermal and mechanical properties of additively manufactured PA12 composites." The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 140, no. 11 (2025): 6107-6121.
• Luning Prak, D. J., Graham, D., Hunt, K., Evans, M., Dickerson, T., Slager, J., & Cowart, J. S. (2025). Determining the Swelling Behavior and Tensile Strengths of Commercially Produced Buna-N O-Rings and Stereolithographic Additively Manufactured O-Rings after Exposure to Mixtures Containing Jet Fuels, Synthetic Fuels, and Fuel Surrogate. ACS Omega, 10(30), 33777-33787.
• Slager, J. J., Earp, B. C., & Ibrahim, A. M. (2024). Influence of Build Orientation and Part Thickness on Tensile Properties of Polyamide 12 Parts Manufactured by Selective Laser Sintering. Polymers, 16(16), 2241.
• Getto E, Schoffstall L, Hall-Smith S, Baker B, Slager J, Joyce P, Durkin D (2023) Effect of Gamma Radiation on Selective Laser Sintered Nylon-12. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (JMEP-23-03-31528).
• Green J, Slager J, Lopez M, Chanoi Z, Stewart C, Gonzalez RV (2023). Local control of mechanical properties through multi-material blending in fused filament fabrication with an active-mixing hotend. Additive Manufacturing.
• Carrete, I. A., Slager, J, et al. (2019) ‘Failure Analysis of Additively Manufactured Polyester Test Specimens Exposed to Various Liquid Media’, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention. Springer New York LLC, 19(2), pp. 418–430. doi: 10.1007/s11668-019-00614-0.

• Slager J, Green J (2023): Multi-Material Powder Bed Fusion System Patent #US20230119363A1, (Approved/Published 2024) https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20230119363

• LIMBS International – Co-PI Research Initiatives, Director West Africa Outreach, Board of Directors. Remain engaged in humanitarian efforts across the globe and bring real world problems students (Capstone, Independent Research, Additive Manufacturing classes) to solve.
• Society of Experiment Test Pilots – Category C Flight Test Certified, Lifetime Member.