John P. Swensen (M'11) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA in 2003, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA in 2009 and 2012, respectively. He was involved in three years of Postdoctoral and Research Scientist work at Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. His research interests include compliant medical devices, continuum robotic devices, and tunably compliant mechanisms.