Muse: The magazine of science, culture, and smart laughs for kids and children

OLIVIA WANLESS

Olivia Wanless is a senior at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan. She studies electrical engineering with a business minor. Kettering University is a co-op-based school. That means every three months, Olivia alternates between working at a company and going to classes. She works at an automotive supply company called Nexteer. There she fixes and maintains machinery on the factory floor.

Wanless also mentors young people interested in engineering,

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