.Katie Schwertz, Elder Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is realized for outstanding service to SPIE and the optics community via work that innovations visual systems concept, involves trainees, and also portions the enthusiasm of optics along with everyone.As an SPIE Elderly Person Member, Katie is actually an active factor to the optics community, having presented at numerous associations and also authored two publications along with SPIE Press, consisting of Photonics Guidelines and Field Guide to Optomechanical Layout and Analysis. Her engagement along with the organization extends to offering on event system boards, the Nominating and also Leadership Growth Board, and as a past SPIE Panel of Directors member. In addition, she has joined the SPIE Education Board and also the Gender Equity Commando, which targets to enrich level playing fields and acknowledgment within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually worked with numerous imaging system concepts, tolerancing, analyses, and prototype evaluations in compressed timeframes for each internal development as well as exterior clients. She acquired her BS in Optics coming from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences from the College of Arizona. She currently works as a Board participant for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities and also Co-Chair of their Optics Valley business collection." Our company are surprisingly pleased to see Katie Schwertz identified along with the SPIE Head of state's Award for her devotion and also impactful payments to the optics neighborhood," stated Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and also Chief Advertising & Marketing Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to evolving visual bodies design and also motivating the next generation of engineers embodies the technology and management we pursue at Edmund Optics.".