University of Virginia professor of civil and environmental engineering Andrés Clarens, who also is the associate director of UVA’s Environmental Institute, is in Washington this year as assistant director of the Office of Science Technology and Policy for the administration of President Joe Biden.

He recently touched base with UVA Engineering, sending an update on the work he is part of as an expert in decarbonization and technologies to address climate change. Here’s what a week’s work to implement major legislation that helps make U.S. manufacturing the cleanest and most competitive in the world looks like: Readout of White House Convenings to Boost Clean Manufacturing.

“The Biden administration and Congress have passed a series of three major bills dealing with computer chips, infrastructure and inflation reduction that have huge implications for American industry, and my job in the White House will be to support implementation of these activities,” Clarens said when he was interviewed about his role in February.

This article originally appeared on the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences' website.