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S1E19 Mentors, Ego, and Vulnerability | Trey Bobo

Being an Engineer · 3 Jul 2020 · 45m · Episode 19

What this episode covers

Trey Bobo, Senior Manager of R&D at Edwards Lifesciences, discusses his journey from biology and chemistry to engineering, emphasizing the importance of field experience in designing medical devices like transcatheter heart valves and traumatic brain injury monitors. He explains how working directly in clinical settings humanized his engineering perspective, leading him to prioritize mentorship, vulnerability, and ego management within his teams. Bobo highlights the ongoing technical challenge of creating accurate phantom anatomy for testing complex catheters, noting that current simulation models remain rough despite advances in materials science.

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Edwards Lifesciences, Pipeline Design & Engineering
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Sapiens three

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