Welcome

Welcome to the Silicon Valley Immersion blog hosted by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Santa Clara University.

We are excited to host five Fulbright Scholars for an intensive six month immersion experience that will provide a comprehensive education in high tech entrepreneurship.

Taking advantage of the world class resources available here in the Silicon Valley, the Immersion program combines graduate business courses in SCU's Leavey School of Business, conferences at Stanford University and UC Berkeley and seminars offered by the Churchill Club and SVASE. In addition, members of the CIE Advisory Board serve as mentors to the scholars, helping them with internship placement and more strategic networking opportunities.

The five 2007 scholars and their interests are:

1. Valentina Coccoli; biomaterials / tissue engineering,
2. Abramo Barbaresi;non-invasive 3D measurement,
3. Elisabetta Capezio; biomedical devices,
4. Micol Macellari; diagnostic genomics,
5. And Emanuele Orgiu; organic semiconductor sensors.

This blog will document the scholars' experience with their regular journal entries and reflections. Who are you? What is your research? What do you think of Santa Clara University and the Silicon Valley? What are you learning from the immersion experience? What do you plan to do after the program?

Welcome to Santa Clara University and the Silicon Valley!