.Katie Schwertz, Elder Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is realized for exceptional service to SPIE as well as the optics area through job that advances visual systems style, engages trainees, and portions the enjoyment of optics along with everyone.As an SPIE Senior Participant, Katie is actually an active contributor to the optics neighborhood, having offered at various events and authored two publications with SPIE Press, featuring Photonics Guidelines and also Guidebook to Optomechanical Style as well as Evaluation. Her interaction along with the organization encompasses offering on conference plan committees, the Nominating and Management Growth Board, and also as a previous SPIE Board of Directors participant. Furthermore, she has actually joined the SPIE Education And Learning Committee as well as the Gender Equity Commando, which targets to enrich equal opportunities as well as awareness within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has worked on numerous image resolution unit concepts, tolerancing, evaluations, and also model examinations in squeezed timeframes for both interior progression as well as exterior customers. She received her BS in Optics coming from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics as well as her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She presently acts as a Panel member for the Arizona Technology Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Valley market cluster." Our experts are unbelievably happy to find Katie Schwertz recognized with the SPIE Head of state's Award for her commitment and also impactful payments to the optics neighborhood," claimed Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and also Chief Advertising And Marketing & Marketing Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to accelerating visual units concept as well as inspiring the next generation of engineers embodies the technology as well as leadership our company strive for at Edmund Optics.".