.Katie Schwertz, Elder Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Innovation at Edmund Optics, has been actually decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is recognized for impressive solution to SPIE and also the optics area through work that developments visual bodies layout, involves pupils, and portions the enjoyment of optics along with everyone.As an SPIE Senior Citizen Member, Katie is an active contributor to the optics area, having actually offered at numerous associations as well as authored pair of publications along with SPIE Push, featuring Photonics Rules of Thumb and Field Guide to Optomechanical Layout as well as Analysis. Her interaction with the organization reaches serving on conference system boards, the Nominating as well as Leadership Development Board, and also as a past SPIE Panel of Directors participant. Furthermore, she has actually participated in the SPIE Learning Board and also the Sex Equity Commando, which strives to improve level playing fields and also acknowledgment within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually focused on various image resolution unit designs, tolerancing, evaluations, as well as prototype examinations in compressed durations for each interior advancement and also outside consumers. She got her BS in Optics coming from the College of Rochester's Principle of Optics as well as her MS in Optical Sciences from the College of Arizona. She currently serves as a Panel member for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland market cluster." Our experts are extremely honored to see Katie Schwertz acknowledged along with the SPIE President's Award for her dedication and also impactful additions to the optics area," said Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel and also Chief Advertising & Marketing Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to accelerating visual systems layout and uplifting the next generation of developers displays the development and leadership our experts strive for at Edmund Optics.".