.Katie Schwertz, Elder Manager of Optical Assemblies & Innovation at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually picked as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is actually identified for outstanding service to SPIE and the optics area via job that developments optical bodies design, engages trainees, as well as reveals the pleasure of optics with the public.As an SPIE Elderly Person Participant, Katie is actually an active factor to the optics community, having provided at countless associations as well as authored pair of publications along with SPIE Push, featuring Photonics General Rules as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Style and Evaluation. Her interaction along with the organization encompasses serving on association plan committees, the Nominating as well as Management Progression Committee, and also as a past SPIE Board of Directors member. Also, she has actually participated in the SPIE Education And Learning Committee as well as the Sex Equity Commando, which aims to enhance equal opportunities as well as awareness within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually focused on different imaging device layouts, tolerancing, analyses, as well as prototype assessments in compressed durations for both inner progression as well as external clients. She received her BS in Optics from the College of Rochester's Institute of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. She presently acts as a Board participant for the Arizona Technology Council and also Co-Chair of their Optics Valley business cluster." Our company are incredibly glad to observe Katie Schwertz realized along with the SPIE President's Honor for her dedication and impactful additions to the optics area," mentioned Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel as well as Chief Advertising & Sales Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to accelerating visual devices style as well as motivating the next generation of developers embodies the innovation as well as leadership our experts pursue at Edmund Optics.".