Jon Stingel
Analyst In Residence at Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolJon Stingel is a biomechanist and mechanical engineer with eight years of hands-on research and industry experience, currently completing a PhD at Stanford while serving as Analyst in Residence at HealthTech Capital. He combines deep expertise in human movement, wearable and assistive device design, and experimental mechanics—applying that lens to due diligence and portfolio management for early-stage medical technology investments. His work spans from soft-robotics sensor development and fuel-cell materials testing to quantifying how assistive devices improve energetic efficiency in real humans. Based in Palo Alto, he bridges rigorous lab-based research and practical commercialization insight, making him comfortable translating complex biomechanical data into investment and product decisions. An underappreciated strength is his track record of moving between hands-on experimental techniques (digital image correlation, novel strain sensors) and strategic evaluation of technology potential.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University School of EngineeringBachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, Graduate, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, Graduate at University of Mount UnionHigh School, General Studies, 9-12, High School, General Studies, 9-12 at Garaway Local SchoolsMaster of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (11)
simulation10
biomechanics10
computational-biology10
cpp10
science10
computational-science10
java10
command-line10
python9
scientific-workflow7
graphical-user-interface2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
stingjp/muscleEnergyModel
Mar 2023 - Jun 2026
This is the code used for the paper submission for the exotendon simulation study.
Contributions:2 PRs, 96 pushes, 7 branches in 3 years 3 months
simulationassistive-roboticsmusculoskeletal-modelsopensimoptimal-control
stingjp/opensim-core-fork
Jul 2024 - Apr 2026
SimTK OpenSim C++ libraries and command-line applications, and Java/Python wrapping.
Contributions:25 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year 9 months
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