U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm toured the APS Academy in Aurora, part of a two-day trip to northern Illinois that included looking in on students focused on STEAM.
Students at APS Academy talk to U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, far right, and U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, next to him, during a visit to their class Monday. Helping show them around is Harish Ananthapadmanabhan, who created APS Academy and houses it in his building at Broadway and Galena Boulevard in downtown Aurora.
“You are looking outside just building the robot,” Granholm said to the high school-age students, part of a robot-building team at the APS Academy in downtown Aurora.The students had just told her that in addition to their robot, they were designing an app to help people find places to recycle batteries. It even included incentives to get people to recycle alkaline batteries, and get lifetime lithium batteries instead.
Her visit to the region also includes a roundtable discussion about the future of the automotive industry at a manufacturing facility for hydrogen-powered vehicles, and a roundtable with Illinois Deputy Gov. Christian Mitchell, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director John Kim, and other local officials and leaders.
Part of the reason for Granholm’s visit to Aurora was to underscore the Energy Department’s support for the next generation of science and technology leaders that are needed to keep the country moving toward a clean energy future.“We’re trying to push for more education and programs,” she said. “We hope to promote scientists and artists of all kinds.
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