.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Innovation at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually chosen as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is actually acknowledged for exceptional company to SPIE as well as the optics area by means of job that advancements visual systems style, interacts students, and shares the pleasure of optics with the public.As an SPIE Elder Member, Katie is actually an active factor to the optics area, having shown at numerous events as well as authored two publications with SPIE Push, consisting of Photonics Guidelines and Guidebook to Optomechanical Design and Review. Her involvement with the company extends to serving on association system committees, the Nominating and also Management Development Board, and as a past SPIE Panel of Supervisors member. Also, she has actually taken part in the SPIE Education Board as well as the Gender Equity Commando, which targets to enrich equal opportunities and awareness within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually focused on several imaging body styles, tolerancing, evaluations, and prototype evaluations in pressed durations for both inner progression and also external customers. She got her BS in Optics from the Educational institution of Rochester's Principle of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She currently acts as a Board participant for the Arizona Technology Authorities and Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland field cluster." Our company are astonishingly happy to see Katie Schwertz realized with the SPIE President's Award for her commitment and also impactful additions to the optics community," stated Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel and also Principal Advertising And Marketing & Marketing Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to progressing optical devices style and also inspiring the newest generation of developers exemplifies the innovation and leadership our company strive for at Edmund Optics.".