Olivia Miller was a hardworking student in Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET) at Penn State Altoona. At school, she participated in varsity softball, the Society of Women Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Although Olivia’s degree specializes in both electrical and mechanical engineering, mechanical work is definitely what she prefers!Olivia currently works at Sig Sauer as a Manufacturing Engineer l. Her main manufacturing responsibility is to the brass line but can often be found helping in loading and priming. Day to day tasks include equipment management, tooling design, gauging, and a variety of many others. Olivia was previously at Mazak North America as a Mechanical Engineer ll - Manufacturing Engineer. Her position duties included reviewing engineering change requests, processing engineering change notices (ECNs), updating machines bill of materials, and so much more. Olivia has been tasked with a variety of jobs that aid in manufacturing support, design,safety, and quality. Through Mazak she has had the opportunity to become a certified ISO 9001 internal auditor as well as receive her gantry crane and fork truck certifications. Over Summer 2019, Olivia had the opportunity to intern with Duquesne Light Company in Pittsburgh, PA. Her position in the Work Management and Planning department allowed her to learn many new skills and perform beneficial tasks. Her main duties were to review the scope of jobs and analyze circuit diagrams in order to accurately schedule the number of hours for linemen. Other tasks included deteriorated pole reports, service discontinuance tracking, Excel VBA programming, OFCS Outage Coordination calendar, and scheduling metrics. Each assignment allowed her to gain new skills and improve those skills she already obtained. Other jobs Olivia held include Loader and Driver Helper at United Parcel Service (UPS). There she demonstrated hard work in the form of manual labor. Although an engineering position was not held at UPS, Olivia was able to study the conveyor systems in the Hub along with asking questions about the engineers’ duties. Outside of school, Olivia is an avid softball player, both competitively and recreationally. She played travel softball for 10 years, and continued her softball career at Penn State Altoona. Olivia also serves as a worker at her family’s 175-acre dairy farm feeding chickens, picking eggs, cutting grass, and milking cows. On Sundays, she can sometimes be found singing at her local church.