Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
Monday, May 5 |
12:15pm
meet at Hinsdale Arch Hiram College van leaves promptly at 12:30pm for the Cleveland airport |
United 1177
CLE 3:35pm --> ORD 4:00pm United 323 ORD 4:55pm --> SJC 7:23pm (snack) |
free evening
dinner on your own near the hotel |
Tuesday, May 6 |
9:30am-noon Altera Corp (overview presentation by Mike Phipps and discussion of the job market with Jon LoCurto) lunch at Altera as their guest |
1:30pm-2:30pm Stanford Center for Integrated Systems (overview and guided tour of CIS by senior research scientist Dr. Mike Deal, discussion with graduate student Armita Peymandoust) 2:30pm-4:45m Stanford University (campus map) (informal walking tour of the campus to see the Rodin Gardens, main quad, bookstore, etc.) |
5:45pm-6:45pm Fry's Electronics (the San Jose Mayan store) dinner on your own near the hotel or (optional) dinner on your own in San Jose's Japantown remainer of evening free |
Wednesday, May 7 |
10:00am-12:15pm
UC Berkeley (campus map) (guided walking tour of the campus, visit the campanile and hear the music at noon) lunch on your own in Berkeley |
1:30pm-3:15pm
UC Berkeley Microfabrication Lab (video and guided tour inside the fab line by Microlab technology manager Dr. William Flounders) 3:45pm-4:45pm Berkely Wireless Research Center (presentation of work on the Berkeley Emulation Engine (BEE) by senior graduate student Chen Chang and staff member Brian Richards) |
free early evening in Berkeley
(on your own, possibly wandering around Telegraph Avenue) dinner on your own in Berkeley or after return to the hotel 6:00pm van leaves to return to hotel |
Thursday, May 8 |
free morning (sleep late!)
lunch on your own near the hotel |
noon-3:00pm The Tech, museum of innovation (informal visit with time on your own to explore the musuum, including a show of the group's choice in the IMAX Theatre) possible free time in San Jose (on your own, wandering around downtown, etc.) 3:15pm van leaves for Synthesis Research |
4:00pm-5:30pm
Synthesis Research Inc. (visit to a manufacturer of test and measurement equipment for high-speed data) 6:00pm-8:00pm dinner as guest of Jim and Tom Waschura (the two Hiram alumni who started Syntheis Research Inc.) 8:15pm-9:00pm Fry's Electronics (the Palo Alto Western store) |
Friday, May 9 |
9:30am-11:00am
Cirexx (overview and guided tour of rapid prototyping PC board facility by sales engineer Tom Stern) lunch on your own near the hotel |
1:00pm-2:45pm
Intel Museum (guided tour emphasizing chip design and fabrication, followed by time on your own to explore the museum) |
3:00pm-8:00pm
trip to Monterey (drive to Monterey, with a stop at a beach along Route 1, followed by time on your own in Monterey) dinner on your own in Monterey |
Saturday, May 10 |
10:00am
van leaves for San Francisco 11:00am-12:30pm morning driving tour of San Francisco (Pac Bell Stadium, Market Street, Haight Ashbury, Japantown, Union Square, Chinatown, North Beach, Fisherman's Wharf, Marina District, etc.) |
12:30pm-2:15pm
driving tour continues across the Golden Gate Bridge (viewing area and Visitor's Center, drive across the bridge, viewing the bridge and exploring the bunkers at the Marin headlands, etc.) |
free afternoon / evening in
San Francisco
(on your own, possibly seeing Fisherman's Wharf, riding cable cars to Union Square, buying souvenirs, etc.) dinner on your own in San Francisco 7:30pm van leaves to return to hotel |
Sunday, May 11 |
9:00am
van leaves for airport |
United 712
SJC 11:06am --> ORD 5:15pm (lunch) United 1470 ORD 5:50pm --> CLE 8:06pm |
8:45pm (after plane arrives)
Hiram College van leaves from Cleveland airport to return to Hiram |