University of Tennessee Silicon Valley Experience Tour

On Tuesday, May 14, University of Tennessee, Knoxville computer science and engineering students visited HP Inc. in Palo Alto, California for a tour of the Customer Welcome Center and then to the HP Garage as part of the 3rd annual Silicon Valley Experience Tour.

On Thursday, May 16, they held a UT Alumni and Student Networking Event- An evening in San Francisco with students & alumni meeting each other & getting an update on UT changes from EECS Department Head Dr. Greg Peterson.

The students who attended this year’s Silicon Valley Experience Tour were Gary Burns, Spencer Howell, Samuel Jones, Yaw Mensah, Lydia San George, Daniel Troutman, Michael Wermert and Samantha Zimmerman.

: UT students Samuel Jones, Yaw Mensah, Michael Wermert & Gary Daniel Burns talk with UT alum Gray Marsee

: UT students Samantha Zimmerman & Lydia San George chat with UT alum Alex Gibbs

: UT alum Davida Lopez with students Daniel Troutman & Spencer Howell

: UT students Samantha Zimmerman, Spencer Howell, Rickey McCallum (w/UT), Samuel Jones, Daniel Troutman, Gary Daniel Burns, Yaw Mensah & alum May Lee

: Group photo from the UT Alumni & Student Networking event

: Greg Peterson (Department Head for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) talks about the changes on campus

: UT alum May Lee & Mae Jean Go with UT staff Rickey McCallum & Kristin Wise

: The HP Customer Welcome Center hosts the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s 3rd Annual Silicon Valley Experience Tour in 2019.

: Gathered around HP co-founder William Hewlett’s desk at the Customer Welcome Center at HP Inc. — with Rickey A McCallum and Brian Broyles in Palo Alto, California.

: Co-host Marc Mariano talks about customized print products such as personalized Coke bottles & Oreo cookies at HP Inc.’s Customer Welcome Center with students on UTK’s Silicon Valley Experience tour. — with Marc Mariano, Rickey A McCallum and Brian Broyles in Palo Alto, California.

: Co-host Shawn Wilson has UTK students try out some virtual reality in the Omen gaming products section at HP Inc.’s Customer Welcome Center. — in Palo Alto, California.

: Guide Rod Donaville takes us on a tour inside the HP Garage & house located at 367 Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, California. — with Rod Donaville at HP Garage.

: The HP Garage – Birthplace of Silicon Valley! — with Rickey A McCallum at HP Garage.

: Outside the house & HP Garage – a California Historical Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places. — with Rickey A McCallum at HP Garage.