Alexander Slocum

Research Interests

• mechanical devices

Online Data

• http://pergatory.mit.edu/

Honors + Awards

• U.S. DoC Development of an Advanced Robot Gripper    Feb. 1984
• U.S. DoC Outstanding Performance Rating    Mar. 1985
• SME Outstanding Contribution to FMS    Feb. 1986
• U.S. DoC Outstanding Performance Rating    Mar. l986
• U.S. DoC Outstanding Performance Rating    Mar. l986
• U.S. DoC Development of Robotic Micromanipulator    June l986
• U.S. DoC Robot End Effector Patent    July l986
• U.S. DoC Robotic Micromanipulator Patent    July l986
• SME Outstanding Contribution to Robotics    Aug.1986
• U.S. DoC Bronze Medal Award for Federal Service    Dec. 1986
• NSF Presidential Young Investigator    June 1987
• Royal Society Visiting Scholar Fellowship    Aug. 1988
• Oak Ridge Offsite Research Fellowship    Aug. 1988
• SME Earl E. Walker Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, June 1993
• ASCE 1994 Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize
• 1994 R&D 100 Award, one of 100 best new technical products of the year (ShearDamper™)
• 1994 International Machine Tool Show “Best of Show” award for development of Weldon Machine Tool’s 1632 Gold Cylindrical Grinder (it used Slocum’s hydrostatic bearings and ShearDamper technology).
• 1994 R&D 100 Award, one of 100 best new technical products of the year (HydroGuide™)
• 1995 R&D 100 Award, one of 100 best new technical products of the year (HydroSpindle™)
• 1996 R&D 100 Award, one of 100 best new technical products of the year (TurboTool™ Ultra-High Speed Spindle)
• SME 1997 SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal
• 1997 R&D 100 Award -one of 100 best new technical products of the yr. (Machining Variation Analysis)
• 1997 R&D 100 Award-- one of 100 best new technical products of the yr. (ShieldBeam™ Contactor)
• 1997 R&D 100 Award, one of 100 best new technical products of the yr. (Kinematic Docking System)
• 1998 R&D 100 Award, one of 100 best new technical products of the yr. (Q-Tool™)
• Who’s Who in America Science and Engineering
• Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award, January 1999.
• MacVicar Faculty Fellow, January 1999.
• 1999 R&D 100 Award, one of 100 best new technical products of the yr. (Quasi Kinematic Coupling for Engine Assembly)
• Massachusetts Professor of the Year Award, November 2000
• ASME Leonardo da Vinci Award, 2004
• 100K Competición Winner (2007, Team Robopsy)
• ASME Machine Design Award, 2008
• 2008 R&D 100 Award, one of 100 best new technical products of the yr. (Saber Furnace)
• 2009 R&D 100 Award, one of 100 best new technical products of the yr. (Micro-ESR with Active Spectrum, Inc).
• 2010 Arthur Smith Faculty Achievement Award
• Best Paper Award: O. Yaglioglu, R Martens, A. Cao, A. H. Slocum, “Compliant Carbon Nanotube-Metal Contact Structures”, Proc. of 57th IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts, 2011
• 2014 ASME Thar Energy Award
• 2014 Association of Manufacturing Technology Charlie Carter Award
• 2018 ASME Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award
• 2021 Fellow: National Academy of Inventors 

Related Experience

OTHER: I am very active in general, but my emphasis for fitness and health is achieved by training for endurance events, which has greatly helped my intellectual performance.

Memberships

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow
• American Society for Precision Engineering, Member
• IEEE, Member
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Member
• Society of Petroleum Engineers, Member

Professional Service

• Office of Secretary of Defense, Foreign Strategic Trade    June 1990-June 2005
• Department of Justice, Bearing Tariffs        Jan.1992-Dec.1992
• NIST, Technology Assessment  June1986- Aug. 1997
• Amer. Soc. Precision Eng., Nominations    May 1997-present
• National Science Foundation, Review panel    June 1991-present
• International Scientific Committee of the European Union Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology    Feb. 2004-present
• Session Chair “Education” 4th. Intl. Conf. Advanced Engineering Design, Glasgow, Scotland,    Sept. 5-8, 2004
• Vice Chair, ASME Design Education Committee    2005
• Associate Editor ASME Jou. Mechanical Design    2007-present
• Session Chair ASME  IDETC “Creativity in Design”, Las Vegas NV    Sept., 2007
• Town of Bow Energy Conservation Committee    Dec, 2007-20012
• Session Chair ASME  IDETC “Creativity in Design”, NY, NY    Sept., 2008
• Department of Energy: BP Gulf Oil Spill response team    May 2010-Sept. 2010
• Assistant Director for Advanced Manufacturing, Executive Office of the White House    June 2013- May 2014

MIT Service

• Inst. Comm. on Design in UG Education    Feb. 1987-June 1988
• Inst. UG Admissions Folder Reader    Jan. l987-Present
• Inst. Committee on the Hobby Shop    July 1989-June 1997
• Chairman, Inst. Committee -- Hobby Shop    June 1997-Present
• Dept. Committee on Graduate Curricula    Oct. 1992-June 2004
• Dept. Support Staff Cost Committee    Mar. 1994-May 1994
• Pi Tau Sigma Faculty Advisor    May 1994-Jan. 2002
• Dept. Faculty Search Committee    Jan. 1995-June 1995
• Leader, OME 2nd Summer Design Program    Jan. 1996-Jan. 2008
• MIT Educational Council    June 1996-Present
• ME Strategic Planning Committee    Sept. 1996-June 1998
• ME Design Faculty Search Committee    Jan. 1997-June 1998
• Designated Course Professors Committee    Sept. 1997-June 2004
• ME Design Faculty Search Committee    Jan. 1998-Nov. 1998
• Space Committee    Jan. 2000-Sept. 2003
• CalTech/MIT Voting Commission    Jan. 2001- June 2001
• ME Council    Jan 2004-June 2005
• Director: Experimental Study Group    Sept. 2004-June 2012
• Research Administration Improvement Initiative    July. 2005        
• co-chair of the Class of 1982 Reunion Gift Fund    Spring 2007
• Energy Education Task Force     Dec. 2008-June 2012
• Institute Committee on Student Life    Aug. 2009-June 2012    
• Energy Minor Oversight Committee    Feb. 2009-June 2012
• Daper Advisory Board     Aug. 2009-Present
• Institute Committee on Student Life, Chair    June 2010-June 2012
• Department Awards Committee    Spring 2011-Present
• Office of Secretary of Defense, Foreign Strategic Trade    June 1990-June 2005
• Department of Justice, Bearing Tariffs        Jan.1992-Dec.1992
• NIST, Technology Assessment        June 1986-Aug. 1997
• Amer. Soc. Precision Eng., Nominations    May 1997-present
• National Science Foundation, Review panel    June 1991-present
• International Scientific Committee of the European Union Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology    Feb. 2004-present

Teaching

• FT 2008    2.75/2.750    Precision Machine Design*    Lect. in Charge
• ST 2009    2.75    2/2.753    Developing Mechanical Products*    Lect. in Charge
• FT 2009    2.75/2.750    Precision Machine Design*    Lect. in Charge
• FT2009    2.A38    Freshman Advisor Seminar*    Lect. in Charge
• ST 2010    2.75    2/2.753    Developing Mechanical Products*    Lect. in Charge
• FT 2010    2.75/2.750    Precision Machine Design*    Lect. in Charge
• FT2010    2.A38    Freshman Advisor Seminar*    Lect. in Charge
• ST 2011    2.75    2/2.753    Developing Mechanical Products*    Lect. in Charge
• FT 2011    2.75/2.750    Precision Machine Design*    Lect. in Charge
• ST 2012    2.75    2/2.753    Developing Mechanical Products*    Lect. in Charge
• FT 2012    2.75/2.750    Precision Machine Design*    Lect. in Charge
• ST 2013    2.75    2/2.753    Developing Mechanical Products*    Lect. in Charge
• * Indicates subject developed by Slocum

Publications

BOOKS

• Slocum, A. H., Precision Machine Design, © 1995, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, MI.  (first published by Prentice Hall in 1992).
• Handbook of Human-centered Design (Japanese), Section 7.3.
• Slocum, A. H., FUNdaMENTALS of Design, available on-line for free at (http://pergatory.mit.edu/2.007/resources/FUNdaMENTALS.html ).
• Ito, T., Ichikawa, T., Hanumara, N. C., Slocum, A. H., “Teaching Creativity in Design Through Project-Based Learning in a Collaborative Distributed Educational Setting,” Chapter from Cloud-Based Design and Manufacturing (CBDM) , D. Schaefer (ed.) available on-line at (http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-07398-9_9), Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2014, pp. 231-282.

REFEREED

• Picard, M., C. Baelden, Y. Wu, L. Chang, and A.H.Slocum, “Extraction of Uranium from Seawater: Design and Testing of a Symbiotic System,” Nuclear Technology, 188 (2), 2014, pp 200-217.  November 2014 
• Slocum, A.H., "Symbiotic offshore energy harvesting and storage systems," Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, pp. 1-7, November 2014.  November 2014
• Hopkins, B.J, Padhye, N., Greenlee, A., Torres, J., Thomas, L., Ljubicic, D.M., Kassner, M.P., and A.H. Slocum, “Damping Pressure Pulsations in a Wave-Powered Desalination System,” Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 136 (June 2014), 021205, doi:10.1115/1.4026635. June 2014
• Winter, A.G., Deits, R.L.H., Dorsch, D.S., Slocum, A.H., and A.E. Hosoi, “Razor clam to RoboClam: burrowing drag reduction mechanisms and their robotic adaptation,” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 9 (April 2014) 036009 (11pp);  doi:10.1088/1748-3182/9/3/036009.     April 2014 
• Begg, Nikolai, and Alexander Slocum. "Audible frequency vibration of puncture-access medical devices" Medical Engineering and Physics 36.3 (2014): 371-377. Print.     1/1/2014  
• Begg, N.D., Slocum, A.H., “Audible Frequency Vibration of Puncture-Access Medical Devices,” Medical Engineering & Physics, 36 (2014) 371-377.     December 2013
• Hanumara, N.C.., N.D. Begg, C.J. Walsh, D. Custer, R. Gupta, L.R. Osborn, A.H. Slocum, “Classroom to Clinic:  Merging Education and Research to Efficiently Prototype Medical Devices,” IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, August 15, 2013.  August 2013 
• T. Cervantes, E. K. Summers, R. Batzer, C. Simpson, R. Lewis, N. Dhanani, A. H. Slocum, “Evaluation of a minimally invasive renal cooling device using heat transfer analysis and an in vivo porcine model”, Medical Engineering and Physics, 35(6), June 2013, pp. 736-742.     June 2013   
• Slocum, A.H., Fennell, G.E., Dundar, G., Hodder, B.G., Meredith, J.D.C., Sager, M.A., “Ocean Renewable Energy Storage (ORES) System: Analysis of an Undersea Energy Storage Concept,” Volume: 101, Issue: 4, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/JPROC.2013.2242411, Proceedings of IEEE, Publication Year 2013, Page(s): 906-924.     March 2013 
• *G. Rothenhofer, A.H. Slocum, “An Adjustable Kinematic Coupling for Use in Machine Tools with a Tight Structural Loop”, Precision Engineering, 37(1), January 2013, pp. 61-72. (* Indicates paper from student thesis research.)       January 2013
•  S.A. Lopez, et al., “Design Prototyping, and Evaluation of a Collapsible Device for Single-Operator Sheathing of Ultrasound Probes,” Mechanical Sciences Guest Editorial, ms-2013-13, Special Issue, Design of Medical Devices: Creative Solutions by Young Researchers.      2013    
• P. J. Lu, M. H. Hoehl, J.B. Macarthur, P. A. Sims, H. Ma, A.H. Slocum, "Robust and economical multi-sample, multi-wavelength UV/vis absorption and fluorescence detector for biological and chemical contamination", AIP Advances, V. 2, I3, Sept. 2012 (http://aipadvances.aip.org/resource/1/aaidbi/v2/i3/p032110_s1)    September 2012
• M. M. Hoehl, P. J. Lu, P. A. Sims, A. H. Slocum, “Rapid and robust detection methods for poison and microbial contamination”, J Agric Food Chem. 2012 Jun 27;60(25):6349-58. Epub 2012 Jun 15.     June 2012 
• O. Yaglioglu, Anyuan Cao, A. John Hart, Rod Martens, A. H. Slocum “Control of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Forests: A Comparison Between Fixed and Floating Catalyst CVD Techniques”, Advanced Functional Materials, accepted May 2012.     May 2012
• N. C. Hanumara, A.H. Slocum, T. Mitamura, “Design of a Spherically Actuated Human Interaction Robot Head”, ASME Jou. Mech. Des., May 2012, Vol. 134     May 2012  
• P. J. Lu, M. M. Hoehl, J. B. Macarthur, P. A. Sims, H. Ma, A. H. Slocum, “Rugged, portable, multi-sample, multi-wavelength UV/vis absorption and fluorescence detector”, submitted to AIP, April, 2012     April 2012  
• *Onnik Yaglioglu, Anyuan Cao, A. John Hart, Rod Martens, A. H. Slocum, “Wide Range Control of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Forests: A Comparison Between Fixed and Floating Catalyst CVD Techniques”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, DOI:10.1002/adfm.201200852 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)      January 2012
• Slocum, Hart, et al. "Wide Range Control of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Forests: A Comparison Between Fixed and Floating Catalyst CVD Techniques" Advanced Functional Materials 22.23 (2012): 5028-5037. Print.     1/1/2012
• N.V. Vasilyev, M. Kawata, C. M. DiBiasio, K.V. Durand, J. Hopkins, Z. Traina, A.H. Slocum, P. J. del Nido, “A novel cardioport for beating-heart, image-guided intracardiac surgery“, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Aug 18. [Epub ahead of print]     August 2011            
• *C. J. Noone, A. Ghobeity, A.H. Slocum, G. Tzamtzis, A. Mitsos, “Site Selection for Hillside Central Receiver Solar Thermal Plants”,  Solar Energy, 85(5):839-848, March 2011.  (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)     March 2011              
• J. E. Petrzelka, M.C. Menon, C.J. Stefanov-Wagner, S.K. Agarwal, D. Chatzigeorgiou, M. Lustrino, A. H. Slocum, “An Articulating Tool for Endoscopic Screw Delivery”, submitted to Jou. Med. Dev., March 2011              
• C. M. DiBiasio, K. V. Durand, J. Hopkins, Z. Traina, A. H. Slocum, N. V.  Vasilyev, P. J. del Nido, “Design of a Surgical Port for Minimally Invasive Beating-Heart Intracardial Procedures”,  Jou. Med. Dev., 5(4): pp. 045001.   March 2011              
• A.H. Slocum, Jr., A.H. Slocum, J. Spiegel, “Design and In-vitro Testing of a Pressure Sensing Syringe for use in Endotracheal Intubation”, accepted Jou. Anesthesia & Analgesia, Jan. 2011.     January 2011            
• *A.H. Slocum, D.S. Codd, J. Buongiorno, C. Forsberg2, T. McKrell, J.C. Nave , C.N. Papanicolas , A. Ghobeity, C.J. Noone, C. Passerini, F. Rojas, A. Mitsos, “Concentrated Solar Power on Demand”, Solar Energy 85 (2011) 1519-1529 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research) January 2011              
• *A. Sprunt, A. Slocum, J. Lang, “Fracture Fabrication of Precision Single-Crystal Silicon Surfaces for MEMS Devices” , Precision Engineering 35 (2011) 406–415 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)       January 2011              
• *White, J., Ma. H., Lang, J. and Slocum, A. "An instrument to control parallel plate separation for nanoscale flow control." Rev. Sci. Inst. v. 74 no. 11, Nov. 2003. (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)       January 2011              
• A. G. Winter, V, R. L. H. Deits, D. S. Dorsch, A. H. Slocum1, A. E. Hosoi, “Razor Clam to RoboClam: Burrowing Drag Reduction Mechanisms and their Robotic Adaptation”, submitted to Science, December 2010.          
• *G. Rothenhofer, C. Walsh, A.H. Slocum, "Transmission ratio based analysis and robust design of mechanisms," Precision Engineering, 34(4),  October 2010, pp. 790-797.     October 2010              
• A.P. Mitha, M. S. Ahmad, S. J. Cohen, J. S. Lieberman, M.R. Udengaard, A.H. Slocum, J.-V. C. E. Coumans, “A Modified Footplate for the Kerrison  Rongeur”, Jou. Med. Dev., MARCH 2010, Vol. 4 / 1-1     March 2010            
• *D. Codd, A. Carlson, J. Rees, A. Slocum, “A Low Cost High Flux Solar Simulator”, Solar Energy 84 (2010) 2202–2212. (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)       March 2010              
• *Son, S., Sarma, S., Slocum, A., “A Hybrid 5-Axis CNC Milling Machine”, Precision Engineering, Vol. 33(4), October 2009, pp. 430-446. (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)     October 2009            
• *Son, S., Sarma, S., Slocum, A., “A Hybrid 5-Axis CNC Milling Machine”, Precision Engineering, Volume 33, Issue 4, October 2009, Pages 430-446. (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)       October 2009            
• *E. K. Bassett, A.H. Slocum, P.T. Masiakos, H.I. Pryor II, O.C. Farokhzad, J. M. Karp, “Design of a Mechanical Clutch-based Needle Insertion Device”, PNAS, www.pnas.org, cgi, doi, 10.1073, pnas.0808274106, February 2009.  (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)     February 2009              
• X.-D. Lu a,*, M.P. Paone a, I. Usman a, B. Moyls a, K. Smeds a, G. Rotherhofer b, A.H. Slocum, “Rotary-axial spindles for ultra-precision machining”. CIRP Annals – Manufacturing Technology (2009), doi:10.1016/j.cirp.2009.03.042 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research) January 2009              
• *H. Ma, J.H. Lang, A.H. Slocum, Calibration-free Measurement of Liquid Permittivity and Conductivity using Electrochemical Impedance Test Cell with Servomechanically Adjustable Cell Constant, IEEE Sensors Journal. IEEE 9.5 (2009): 515-524. (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)       January 2009              
• *Rothenhofer, G., Slocum, A., “Reducing pitch error of a linear motion system actuated by a permanent magnet open face linear motor”, Precision  Engineering 33 (2009) 305-309 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)       January 2009              
• A. Slocum, ”Kinematic couplings: A review of design principles and applications”, Int. Jou. of Machine Tools and Manufacture (2009), doi:10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2009.10.006     January 2009              
• *R Guzmán de Villoria1, S L Figueredo, A J Hart, S A Steiner III, A H Slocum, B L Wardle ,”High-Yield Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on a Continuously Moving Substrate”, Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 405611 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)       January 2009
• * A Trimble, J. Lang, J. Pabon, A. Slocum, “A Device for Harvesting Energy from Rotational Vibrations” ASME J. Mech. Des. -- September 2010 -- Volume 132, Issue 9, 091001 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)       January 2009              
• *Yaglioglu, O., Martens, R., Hart, A.J., Slocum, A.H., “Conductive Carbon Nanotube Composite Microprobes”, Adv. Mater. 0000, 00, 1–6 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)     January 2008            
• Shah, A. M., N. Ball, R. H. Ewoldt, S. K. Ng, B. Powers, A. Fuller, M. Sieden, A. Anand and A. Slocum, "An Implantable Port for Office Laparoscopy: The AbView Access Port," Journal of Medical Devices 2(2), 027562 (2008)     January 2008              
• Ma, H, Lang, J., Slocum, A., “Permittivity measurements using adjustable  microscale electrode gaps between millimeter-sized spherical electrodes” Rev. Sci. Instr. 79, 1, 2008     January 2008              
• Slocum, Hart, et al. "Conductive Carbon Nanotube Composite Microprobes" Advanced Materials 20.2 (2008): 357-362. Print.     1/1/2008              
• *Sweetland, M., Lienhard, J.H., Slocum, A.H., "A Convection/Radiation Temperature Control System for High Power Density Electronic Device Testing,", Journal of Electronic Packaging, Vol.130, Iss.3, IEEE Transactions on Applied Electronic Packaging, 8/2005. (* Indicates paper  from student thesis research)       January 2008              
• *Awtar, S., Slocum, A.H., and Sevincer E., "Characteristics of Beam-based Flexure Modules", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol.129,  Issue 8, Aug 2007 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research) January 2008              
• *Werkmeister, J.B., Slocum, A.H., “Theoretical and Experimental Determination of Capstan Drive Stiffness”, Jou. Int. Soc. of Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, Volume 31, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 55-67 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)     January  2007 
• Ito, T., Slocum, A.H., “Teaching collaborative manufacturing: experience and observation”, International Journal of Internet Manufacturing and Services, Vol.1, No.1, 2007, pp. 75-85.     January 2007              
• Awtar, S., Slocum, A.H., “Target Block Alignment Error in XY Stage Metrology”, Precision Engineering, 31 (2007), pp. 185-187.     January 2007
• van Laake, L., Hart, A. J., Slocum, A.H., “A Suspended Heated Silicon Platform for Rapid Thermal Control of Surface Reactions with Application to Carbon Nanotube Synthesis” Rev. Sci. Instr. 78, 1 (2007) January 2007              
• *Awtar, S., Slocum, A.H., "Constraint-based Design of Parallel Kinematic XY Flexure Mechanisms", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol.129, Issue 6, Jun 2007 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research) January 2007              
• *Graham, M, Slocum, A, Moreno Sanchez R., “Teaching high school students and college freshman product development by Deterministic Design with PREP”, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (Special Issue on DesignEngineering Education), July 2007, Vol. 129, pp 677-681, [DOI:10.1115/1.2722334] (* Indicates paper from student thesis research) January 2007              
• Figueredo, S.L., Brugge, W.R., Slocum, A.H., “Design of an Endoscopic Biopsy Needle With Flexural Members”, ASME JOU Medical Devices, Vol. 1(1), 62-69, July 2006.     July 2006              
• *Hart, A.J., Slocum, A.H., “Rapid Growth and Flow-Mediated Nucleation of  Millimeter-Scale Aligned Carbon Nanotube Structures from a Thin-Film Catalyst”, J. Physical Chemistry B, 110(16):8250-8257, March 2006.  (*Indicates paper from student thesis research) March 2006            
• *Hou, S.M., Lang, J.H., Slocum, A.H., Weber, A.C., White, J.R., “A High-Q Widely-Tunable Gigahertz Electromagnetic Cavity Resonator”, JMEMS, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1540-1545, Dec. 2006. (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)   January 2006              
• *Yaglioglu, O., Hart, A.J., Martens, R., Slocum, A.H., “Method of characterizing electrical contact properties of carbon nanotube coated surfaces”, Rev. Sci. Instr., 77, 095105 (2006). (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)  January 2006              
• *Hart, A.J., Slocum, A.H., “Force Output, Control of Film Structure, and Micro-Scale Shape Transfer by Carbon Nanotube Growth Under Mechanical Pressure”, Nano Letters 6:1254-1260, 2006. (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)   January 2006              
• *A. J. Hart, B. O. Boskovic, A. T. H. Chuang, V. B. Golovko, J. Robertson, B. F. G. Johnson, and A. H. Slocum, “Uniform and selective CVD growth of carbon nanotubes and nanofibres on arbitrarily microstructured silicon surfaces”, Nanotechnology 17:1397-1403, 2006. (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)     January 2006   
• *Hart, A.J., Slocum, A.H., Royer, L., “Growth of High-Quality Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Films on Bare and Microstructured Silicon Substrates”, Carbon, 44(2):348–359, 2006 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)     January 2006              
• Bamberg E, Grippo CP, Wanakamol P, Slocum AH, Boyce MC, Thomas, EL, "A tensile test device for in situ atomic force microscope mechanical testing", Precision Engineering, 30 (2006), pp. 71-84.     January 2006            
• *Robertson, A.P., Slocum, A.H., “Measurement and characterization of precision spherical joints”, Jou. Int. Soc. of Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, Vol. 30 (2006) 1–12 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)   January 2006              
• *Forest, C.R., Spenko, M.J, Sun, Y., McGuirk, M., Slocum, A.H., Heilmann, R.K., Schattenburg, M.L., “Precision assembly and metrology of  x-ray foil optics,” Precision Engineering, Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2006, pp 63-70 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)  January 2006              
• *P.J. Willoughby, A.J. Hart, A.H. Slocum. Experimental Determination of Kinematic Coupling Repeatability in Industrial and Laboratory Conditions”, SME J. Manufacturing Systems 24:108-121, 2005, (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)  January 2005              
• *Li, J., Brenner, M.P., Christen, T., Kotilainen, M.S., Lang, J.H., Slocum, A.H., “Deep Reactive Ion-Etched Compliant Starting Zone Electrostatic Zipping Actuators”, Journal Of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 14, No. 6, December 2005, pp 1283-1297. (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)   January 2005              
• White, J.R., White, C.J., Slocum, A.H., “Octave-Tunable Miniature RF Resonators”, IEEE Microwave And Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 15, No. 11, November 2005     January 2005              
• *Qiu, J, Lang, J, Fellow, Slocum, A., Weber, A, “A Bulk-Micromachined Bistable Relay With U-Shaped Thermal Actuators”, Journal Of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 14, No. 5, October 2005, pp 1099-1109. (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)   January 2005              
• *El-Aguizy, T., Vogan, J.D., Plante, J.S., Slocum, A.H., “Frictionless compression testing using load-applying platens made from porous graphite aerostatic bearings”, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 075108, 2005. (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)     January 2005            
• * Plante, JS, Vogan, J.D., El-Aguizy, T, Slocum, A.H., “A Design Model for Circular Porous Air Bearings Using the 1D Generalized Flow Method”, Jou. Int. Soc. of Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, Vol. 29 (2005) 336–346 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)     January 2005              
• Hale, L, Slocum, A, "Optimal design techniques for Kinematic Couplings",  Jou. Int. Soc. of Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, April 2001,  vol. 24, number 2, pp. 114-127     January 2004              
• Hart, A.J., Slocum, A.H., “Segmented and shielded structures for reduction of thermal expansion-induced tilt errors”, Jou. Int. Soc. of Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, Vol 28, Issue 4, Oct 2004, p. 443-458.     January 2004              
• Culpepper, M. L., A. H. Slocum, F. Z. Shaikh and Vrsek, G., "Quasi-kinematic Couplings for Low-cost Precision Alignment of High-volume Assemblies," ASME Jou. of Mech. Design, Vol. 126 (4), 2004, pp. 456-63.     January 2004              
• *Li, J, Brenner, M., Christen, T., Lang, J., Slocum, A. “DRIE Etched Compliant Starting Zone Electrostatic Zipping Actuators”, Accepted by JMEMS, Nov. 2004 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research) January 2004              
• *Vallance, R.R., Morgan, C., Slocum, A.H., “Precisely positioning pallets in multi-station assembly systems”, Precision Engineering, Vol 28/2 pp 218-231, 2004. (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)  January 2004              
• Hart, A.J., Slocum, A., Willoughby, P., "Kinematic Coupling Interchangeability", Jou. Int. Soc. of Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, 28:1-15, 2004.     January 2004              
• *Kane, N. R., Sihler, J., Slocum, A.H., "A hydrostatic rotary bearing with angled surface self-compensation", Jou. Int. Soc. of Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 2003, Pages 125-139 (* Indicates paper from student thesis research)     January 2004     

Patents

• US4606696    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Mechanism to determine position and orientation in space    8/19/1986
• US4676002    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Mechanisms to determine position and orientation in space    6/30/1987
• US4685661    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | PERIS, JAMES, P.    Method and mechanism for fixturing objects    8/11/1987
• US4694230    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | PERIS, JAMES, P.    Micromanipulator system    9/15/1987
• US4765754    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Inclined contact recirculating roller bearing    8/23/1988
• US4765668    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | JURGENS, PETER, A.    Robot end effector    8/23/1988
• US4821436    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Blow system    4/18/1989
• US4836042    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    System to convert rotary motion to linear motion    6/6/1989
• US4838145    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | PERIS, JAMES, P.    Multiple actuator hydraulic system and rotary control valve therefor    6/13/1989
• US4878002    HEATZIG, ERIC | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER | THURSTON-SLOCUM, DEBRA    Multi-axis DSP-based parallel processing servo controller for machine tools and robots    10/31/1989
• US4987526    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | THURSTON, DEBRA    System to provide high speed, high accuracy motion    1/22/1991
• US5023528    SAIDIN, ZAIN | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Method of three-phase winding motor control of rotary motor-driven linear actuators, linear motor-actuated carriages, and similar systems, and apparatus for practicing the same    6/11/1991
• US5090265    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    System to convert rotary motion to linear motion    2/25/1992
• US5104237    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Self-compensating hydrostatic linear motion bearing    4/14/1992
• US5281032    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER    Self-compensating hydrostatic bearings for supporting shafts and spindles and the like for rotary and translational motion and methods therefor    1/25/1994
• US5472367    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | OLSEN, JOHN, H.    Machine tool apparatus and linear motion track therefor    12/5/1995
• US5466071    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER    High speed hydrostatic spindle design 11/14/1995
• US5484208    KANE, NATHAN, R. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Elastically supported self-compensating flow restrictors for optimizing hydrostatic bearing performance    1/16/1996
• US5533814    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Low profile self-compensated hydrostatic thrust bearing    7/9/1996
• US5667204    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, HENRY    Slit-tube replicated in-place constrained layer damper and method    9/16/1997
• US5674032    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | WASSON, KEVIN    Tooling system and method with integral hydrostatic bearings and turbine power source 10/7/1997
• US5678944    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | MULLER, LUIS | BRAUNSTEIN, DANIEL Flexural mount kinematic couplings and method    10/21/1997
•  US 5,683,118    A. Slocum, "Kinematic Coupling Fluid Couplings and Method” November 4, 1997.
• US5682795    SOLOMON, TODD, R. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Robotic joint using metal bands    11/4/1997
•  US5700046    VAN, DOREN, MATTHEW, J. | SAUER, DON | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | ROCKI, DAVID, PAP | TAM, JOHANN | GERSZEWSKI, LARRY    Wafer gripper 12/23/1997
• US5700092    WASSON, KEVIN, LEE | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, HENRY    Integrated shaft self-compensating hydrostatic bearing    12/23/1997
• US5711647    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Method of and apparatus for locating and orientating a part on a gripper and transferring it to a tool while maintaining location and orientation on the tool,” 1/27/1998
• US5733096    VAN, DOREN, MATTHEW, J. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | SAUER, DON    Multi-stage telescoping structure    3/31/1998
• US5733024    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | VAN, DOREN, MATTHEW, J. | ZIEGENHAGEN, II, RODNEY, SCOTT | SAUER, DON    Modular system    3/31/1998
• US5743326    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Method of and apparatus for damping bending vibrations while achieving temperature control in beams and related    4/28/1998
• US5758776    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | ZIEGENHAGEN, II, R., SCOTT | SLOCUM, III, RICHARD, W. | MULLER, LUIS, A.    Integrated circuit tray with flexural bearings    6/2/1998
• US5769554    A. Slocum, “Kinematic Coupling Method And System For Aligning Sand Mold Cores And The Like And Other Soft Objects And Surfaces” June 23, 1998
• US5778730    SOLOMON, TODD, R. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Robotic joint using metallic bands    7/14/1998
• US5784756    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | CULPEPPER, MARTIN, L.    Debris cleaner with compound auger and vacuum pickup    7/28/1998
• US5799924    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | MARSH, ERIC, R. | SMITH, DOUGLAS, H.    Replicated-in-place internal viscous shear damper for machine structures and components    9/1/1998
• US5821764    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | CHIU, MICHAEL, A.    Interface apparatus for automatic test equipment    10/13/1998
• US5834410    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Surface textured cleansing device and method with massaging effect    11/10/1998
• US5839769    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | ZIEGENHAGEN, II, R., SCOTT Expanding gripper with elastically variable pitch screw    11/24/1998
• US5848869    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | MESKOE, JOHN, WILLIAM    Container restraining mechanism and method    12/15/1998
• US5858050    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | ROBERTS, DOUGLAS, J. | LOVELL, WALTER, E. | BORBONE, JOSEPH, A. | PINKERTON, STEVEN, J. | MUNGOVAN, JOHN, P. | VOISINE, GARY, R.    I.S. machine    1/12/1999
• US5865868    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | LOVELL, WALTER, E. | BORBONE, JOSEPH, A. | PINKERTON, STEVEN, J. | ROBERTS, DOUGLAS, J. | MUNGOVAN, JOHN, P. | VOISINE, GARY, R.    Mold carrier assembly for an I. S. machine mold opening and closing mechanism    2/2/1999
• US5888114    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | HO, CHRISTOPHER, M.    Modular storage system, components, accessories, and applications to structural systems and toy construction sets and the like    3/30/1999
• US5887450    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | LOVELL, WALTER, E. | BORBONE, JOSEPH, A. |PINKERTON, STEVEN, J. | ROBERTS, DOUGLAS, J. | MUNGOVAN, JOHN, P. | VOISINE, GARY, R.    Mold opening and closing mechanism for an I.S. machine    3/30/1999
• US5915678    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | BRAUNSTEIN, DANIEL    Kinematic coupling system for thin plates and sheets and the like    6/29/1999
• US5921786    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | ZIEGENHAGEN, II, RODNEY, SCOTT Flexible shielded laminated beam for electrical contacts and the like and method of contact operation    7/13/1999
• US5924003    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Method of manufacturing ball grid arrays for improved testability    7/13/1999
• US5931048    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | HOCHMUTH, CARSTEN, A. | LEVY, DAVID, H. | KIANI, SEPEHR | VALLANCE, R., RYAN    Manipulator for automatic test equipment test head    8/3/1999
• US5938809    MUNGOVAN, JOHN, P. | VOISINE, GARY, R. | LOVELL, WALTER, E. | BORBONE, JOSEPH, A. | PINKERTON, STEVEN, J. | ROBERTS, DOUGLAS, J. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    I.S. machine    8/17/1999
• US5964242    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Method of and apparatus for substance processing with small opening gates actuated and controlled by large displacement members having fine surface finishing    10/12/1999
• US5971156    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | GESSEL, DAVID, J.    Semiconductor chip tray with rolling contact retention mechanism    10/26/1999
• US5973394    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | ZIEGENHAGEN, II, R., SCOTT | RICHARD, ROBERT, A.    Small contactor for test probes, chip packaging and the like    10/26/1999
• US5971614    KANE, NATHAN, R. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Modular hydrostatic bearing with carriage form-fit to PR    10/26/1999
• US5982182    CHIU, MICHAEL, A. | LEVY, DAVID, H. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Interface apparatus for automatic test equipment with positioning modules incorporating kinematic surfaces    11/9/1999
• US6024526    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | MULLER, LUIS, A.    Integrated prober, handler and tester for semiconductor components    2/15/2000
• US6036023    PFAHNL, ANDREAS, C. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | LIENHARD, V,  JOHN, H.    Heat-transfer enhancing features for semiconductor carriers and devices    3/14/2000
• US6097201    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    System to simultaneously test trays of integrated circuit packages        8/1/2000
• US6104202    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | CHIU, MICHAEL, A.    Interface apparatus for automatic test equipment    8/15/2000
• US6150740    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Linear motion carriage system and method with bearings preloaded by inclined linear motor with high attractive force    11/21/2000
• US6193430    CULPEPPER, MARTIN | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Quasi-kinematic coupling and method for use in assembling and locating mechanical components and the like    2/27/2001
• US6280126    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | WASSON, KEVIN    Damped tool holder and method    8/28/2001
• US6352389    RINES, JUSTICE, C. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Method of Construction, Deploying and Operating Submersible and Refloatable and Refloatable Underwater Tubular Platform Structures and the Like, as for Underwater Illumination and Target Detection, and Improved Underwater Platform Structures Therefor    3/5/2002
• US6448575    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | PFAHNL, ANDREAS, C. | WALKER, ERNEST, P. | SARTSCHEV, RONALD, A.    Temperature control structure 9/10/2002
• US6446560    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Single carriage robotic monorail material transfer system    9/10/2002
• US6497581    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | ZIEGENHAGEN, R., SCOTT    Robust, small scale electrical contactor    12/24/2002
• US6418774    BROG.ANG.RDH, TORGNY | JERREG.ANG.RD, HENRIK | ROBERTSON, ALEC | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER | WILLOUGHBY, PATRICK    Device and a method for calibration of an industrial robot    7/16/2002
• US6550440    VRSEK, GARY, ALLAN | TOBIS, BRUCE, JOSEPH | SHAIKH, FURQAN, ZAFAR | FEDESON, KEN, STEVEN | TALLIO, KEVIN, V. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER    Acoustic suppression arrangement for a component undergoing induced vibration    4/22/2003
• US6688183    AWTAR, SHORYA | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Apparatus having motion with pre-determined degrees of freedom    2/10/2004
• US6886651    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | AWTAR, SHORYA | HART, ANASTASIOS, JOHN    Material transportation system    5/3/2005
• US6911891    QIU, JIN | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | LANG, JEFFREY, H. | STRUEMPLER, RALF | BRENNER, MICHAEL, P. | LI, JIAN    Bistable actuation techniques, mechanisms, and applications    6/28/2005
• US6914785    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | LANG, JEFFREY | WHITE, JAMES, R. | MA, HONG | YANG, XUEEN    Variable electronic circuit component    7/5/2005
• US7004235    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | PFAHNL, ANDREAS, C.    Method of providing direct impingement temperature control of a device    2/28/2006
• US7025324    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | WHITE, JAMES, R.    Gating apparatus and method of manufacture    4/11/2006
• US7040949    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Flexible connector    5/9/2006
• US20070071652 A1 J. Cherng, M. Cima, J. Gonzalez-Zugasti, N. Kane, A. Lemmo, C. Moore, A. Slocum, “Method and apparatus for manipulating and measuring solids” March 29, 2007
• US7285968    ELDRIDGE, BENJAMIN, N. | GRUBE, GARY, W. | HOBBS, ERIC, D. | MATHIEU, GAETAN, L. | SHINDE, MAKARAND, S. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | SPORCK, A., NICHOLAS | WATSON, THOMAS, N.    Apparatus and method for managing thermally induced motion of a probe card assembly    10/23/2007
• US7368930    HOBBS, ERIC, D. | MCCOY, CHRISTOPHER, D. | PORTER, JR., JAMES, M. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Adjustment mechanism    5/6/2008
• US7370645    FREEMAN, DAVID, C. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | KABAT, DANIEL   Variable stiffness flow control valve    5/13/2008
• US7471094    HOBBS, ERIC, D. | ELDRIDGE, BENJAMIN, N. | MA, LUNYU | MATHIEU, GAETAN, L. | MURPHY, STEVEN, T. | SHINDE, MAKARAND, S. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Method and apparatus for adjusting a multi-substrate probe structure    12/30/2008
• US7592821    ELDRIDGE, BENJAMIN, N. | GRUBE, GARY, W. | HOBBS, ERIC, D. | MATHIEU, GAETAN, L. | SHINDE, MAKARAND, S. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | SPORCK, A., NICHOLAS | WATSON, THOMAS, N.    Apparatus and method for managing thermally induced motion of a probe card assembly    9/22/2009
• US7622935    HOBBS, ERIC, D. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | ELDRIDGE, BENJAMIN, N. | BREINLINGER, KEITH, J. | POWELL, SHAWN    Probe card assembly with a mechanically decoupled wiring substrate    11/24/2009
• US7671614    ELDRIDGE, BENJAMIN, N. | HOBBS, ERIC, D. | MATHIEU, GAETAN, L. | SHINDE, MAKARAND, S. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Apparatus and method for adjusting an orientation of probes    3/2/2010
• US7682082    KANE, NATHAN, R. | SIHLER, JOACHIM | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | WALTER, MARK    Compact surface self-compensated hydrostatic bearings 3/23/2010
• US7746089    HOBBS, ERIC, D. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Method and apparatus for indirect planarization    6/29/2010
• US7789443    GILLESPIE, JOSEPH | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H | WEED, ALLAN   Workpiece gripping device    9/7/2010
• US7845072    HOBBS, ERIC, D. | ELDRIDGE, BENJAMIN, N. | MA, LUNYU | MATHIEU, GAETAN, L. | MURPHY, STEVEN, T. | SHINDE, MAKARAND, S. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Method and apparatus for adjusting a multi-substrate probe structure    12/7/2010
• US7863897    SLOCUM, JR., ALEXANDER, H. | GUPTA, RAJIV | JONES, STEPHEN, E. | SLOCUM, SR., ALEXANDER, H.    Method and apparatus for characterizing the temporal resolution of an imaging device    1/4/2011
• US7938107    FREEMAN, DAVID, C. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | KABAT, DANIEL    Variable stiffness flow control valve    5/10/2011
• US7976815    HART, ANASTASIOS, JOHN | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, HENRY    Shape controlled growth of nanostructured films and objects    7/12/2011
• US8075863    HART, ANASTASIOS, J. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Methods and devices for growth and/or assembly of nanostructures    12/13/2011
• US8130007    ELDRIDGE, BENJAMIN, N. | GRITTERS, JOHN, K. | MARTENS, RODNEY, I. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | YAGLIOGLU, ONNIK    Probe card assembly with carbon nanotube probes having a spring mechanism therein 3/6/2012
• US8149007    CHEN, JIMMY, K. | FANG, TRELIANT | HARBURN, MICHAEL | KHANDROS, IGOR, Y. | MARTENS, RODNEY, I. | MATHIEU, GAETAN, L. | SLOCUM,  ALEXANDER, H. | YAGLIOGLU, ONNIK    Carbon nanotube spring contact structures with mechanical and electrical components    4/3/2012
• US8157024    F. Neves, A.H. Slocum, I.D. Thomas, “Ball Piston Steering Devices and methods of Use” April 17, 2012.
• US8212563    WHITE, JAMES, ROBERT | WHITE, CHRISTOPHER, JOHN | ELLIOTT,  COLIN, T. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Method and apparatus for in-situ measurement of soot by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometry  7/3/2012
• US8272262    CABRERA, RAMON | GROZEV, ZHIVKO | KOVACHEV, ALEXANDER | SLOCUM, DARYL, B. | JACKSON, ADAM | OSIECKI, DANIEL    Underwater sensor apparatus    9/25/2012
• US8292004    S. E. Buchanan, A. Walkingshaw, A.H. Slocum, G. Erol, “Downhole marking apparatus and methods” October 23, 2012.
• US8291768    SPIEGEL, JOAN, E. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | WATRAL, ADRIENNE | DUFFLEY, SAMUEL    Pressure measuring syringe    10/23/2012
• US8308681    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER | CARVEY, MATTHEW, R. | SALAMINI, ALEXEY | WALKER, DANIEL, G. | WANG, YING-CHIH | MURRAY, MARTHA, M.    Device for mixing and delivering fluids for tissue repair    11/13/2012
• US8337979    WARDLE, BRIAN, L. | HART, ANASTASIOS, JOHN | GARCIA, ENRIQUE, J. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, HENRY    Nanostructure-reinforced composite articles and methods    12/25/2012
• US8372470    HART, ANASTASIOS, JOHN | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, HENRY | VAN, LAAKE, LUCAS, CAROLUS    Apparatus and methods for controlled growth and assembly of nanostructures    2/12/2013
• US8394015    DIBIASIO, CHRISTOPHER | DURAND, KEITH | HOPKINS, JONATHAN, BRIGHAM | TRAINA, ZACH | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER | NAYFEH, SAMIR | DEL, NIDO, PEDRO, J. | VASILYEV, NIKOLAY, V.    Instrument port for minimally invasive cardiac surgery    3/12/2013
• US8397577    SLOCUM, SR., ALEXANDER, HENRY | SLOCUM, JR., ALEXANDER, HENRY    Rolling diaphragm pressure sensor    3/19/2013
• US8496410    WINTER, V, AMOS, GREENE | HOSOI, ANETTE, E. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, HENRY    Method and apparatus for penetrating particulate substrates    7/30/2013
• US8587331    BERRY, TOMMIE, E. | BREINLINGER, KEITH, J. | HOBBS, ERIC,  D. | LORANGER, MARC | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | WILSON, ADRIAN, S.    Test systems and methods for testing electronic devices    11/19/2013
• USD694595    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, HENRY    Cutting board with a heart-shaped cut-out handle    12/3/2013
• US8618810    SUTO, ANTHONY, J. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | ZIEGENHAGEN, R., SCOTT    Identifying fuel cell defects    12/31/2013
• US20140029878A1    WONG, A.R. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H.    Partial Arc Hydrostatic Bearing    1/30/2014
• US8668230    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, HENRY | GUTIERREZ, LUIS, JAVIER   Apparatus and methods for splicing conduits and hoses subsea    3/11/2014
• US8698338    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | FENNELL, GREGORY, E. | GREENLEE, ALISON, S.    Offshore energy harvesting, storage, and power generation system    4/15/2014
• US8707789    SPIEGEL, JOAN, E. | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER, H. | WATRAL, ADRIENNE | DUFFLEY, SAMUEL | SLOCUM, JR., ALEXANDER    Pressure measuring syringe    4/29/2014
• US8720153    SMITH, ERIC | SLOCUM, ALEXANDER    Tapered spiral welded structure    5/13/2014
• US8920388    SLOCUM, ALEXANDER| BASSETT, ERIK| KARP, JEFFERY M.| LANGER, ROBERT S.| FAROKHZAD, OMID C.    Methods and devices for sensing tissues and tissue compartments    12/30/2014