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Cynthia Teniente-Matson

Cynthia Teniente-Matson

Academic

Jun 23, 2026

7:43
Dr. Tanya T. Motsen, what do you think, you know, from your vantage point in San Jose? So let me
7:48
share just a little bit of our origin story.
7:50
Our campus was founded in 1875.
7:51
So we're coming up on 170 years, 1857, excuse me, coming up on 170 years.
7:54
Our first engineering program started in 1946. in a Quonsen hut, and the semiconductor industry sort of started with the invention in 1947 before the patent in 1950.
8:13
And our master's program in electrical engineering started around 1960, early 60s.
8:17
So we've been at the core of this industry in Silicon Valley, and we are the only public university in Silicon Valley.

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23:00
What are you guys doing with Taiwanese universities and what has worked and what do you want to see more of?

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