.Katie Schwertz, Elder Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Innovation at Edmund Optics, has been picked as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is realized for impressive service to SPIE and also the optics area with job that developments visual bodies design, involves trainees, and shares the enjoyment of optics with the public.As an SPIE Senior Participant, Katie is actually an energetic contributor to the optics neighborhood, having actually shown at numerous events and also authored 2 publications along with SPIE Press, consisting of Photonics Guidelines and also Field Guide to Optomechanical Style and also Study. Her engagement along with the institution encompasses providing on conference plan committees, the Nominating and Management Advancement Committee, and as a past SPIE Board of Supervisors member. Additionally, she has actually taken part in the SPIE Learning Board as well as the Sex Equity Commando, which targets to enhance level playing fields as well as awareness within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually worked on a variety of imaging unit layouts, tolerancing, evaluations, as well as prototype analyses in pressed timeframes for both inner progression as well as outside consumers. She received her BS in Optics coming from the Educational institution of Rochester's Institute of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the University of Arizona. She presently acts as a Panel participant for the Arizona Technology Authorities as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Valley business collection." Our company are actually astonishingly pleased to see Katie Schwertz acknowledged with the SPIE President's Award for her dedication and impactful contributions to the optics neighborhood," claimed Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board and also Chief Advertising And Marketing & Business Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to advancing visual units layout as well as impressive the newest generation of engineers embodies the innovation and leadership our experts strive for at Edmund Optics.".