.Katie Schwertz, Senior Citizen Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is actually recognized for excellent solution to SPIE and the optics community with job that breakthroughs visual units design, involves pupils, and also allotments the exhilaration of optics with the general public.As an SPIE Elder Member, Katie is actually an active factor to the optics neighborhood, having presented at countless associations as well as authored 2 publications along with SPIE Push, featuring Photonics Guidelines and Guidebook to Optomechanical Layout as well as Analysis. Her interaction with the organization includes offering on event course boards, the Nominating as well as Management Growth Committee, and as a past SPIE Panel of Directors member. Furthermore, she has joined the SPIE Education Board and the Sex Equity Task Force, which aims to boost level playing fields and awareness within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has focused on different image resolution body designs, tolerancing, evaluations, and also prototype assessments in pressed durations for both interior growth and external consumers. She acquired her BS in Optics coming from the Educational institution of Rochester's Principle of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the University of Arizona. She presently serves as a Panel member for the Arizona Modern Technology Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Valley field collection." We are actually incredibly glad to find Katie Schwertz identified with the SPIE Head of state's Award for her commitment and also impactful payments to the optics area," said Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board as well as Chief Advertising And Marketing & Marketing Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to progressing optical bodies layout as well as motivating the next generation of developers displays the innovation and leadership we strive for at Edmund Optics.".