Meet the Team!

The Squeeze Sleeve team is a group of six biomedical engineers from the University of California, Irvine with a passion for helping physicians everywhere. Working together with research and development engineers from Edwards Lifesciences, we aim to help TAVR clinicians avoid musculoskeletal injuries nationwide. Our primary mentor is Salomon Valencia, who has helped guide us through design iterations and validation testing.


Team Member 1

Joyce Chen

Email: joycedc1@uci.edu

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Team Member 2

Anjella Manucat

Email: amanucat@uci.edu

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Team Member 3

Mesrop Minasyan

Email: mesropm@uci.edu

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Team Member 4

Ronit Shrestha

Email: rlshrest@uci.edu

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Team Member 5

Grace Surber

Email: gsurber@uci.edu

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Team Member 6

Ashley Villegas

Email: anville1@uci.edu

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Salomon Valencia

Salomon Valencia

Engineering Mentor | Distinguished Engineer, Edwards Lifesciences

Email: Salomon_Valencia@edwards.com

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