.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is identified for impressive company to SPIE and the optics area with work that breakthroughs visual units layout, involves students, and reveals the pleasure of optics with the public.As an SPIE Senior Member, Katie is an energetic contributor to the optics community, having actually presented at countless conferences and also authored two magazines along with SPIE Press, featuring Photonics Guidelines and also Guidebook to Optomechanical Design and also Study. Her involvement along with the company encompasses offering on event course committees, the Nominating and Management Growth Committee, and also as a previous SPIE Panel of Supervisors member. Furthermore, she has participated in the SPIE Education And Learning Board as well as the Gender Equity Commando, which intends to boost level playing fields as well as acknowledgment within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually worked on various imaging system designs, tolerancing, reviews, as well as model examinations in compressed durations for each internal development and also outside consumers. She obtained her BS in Optics coming from the University of Rochester's Principle of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. She presently works as a Board participant for the Arizona Technology Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Valley industry bunch." We are exceptionally happy to see Katie Schwertz recognized along with the SPIE President's Award for her dedication and also impactful payments to the optics community," stated Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and also Principal Advertising And Marketing & Marketing Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to accelerating visual systems style and also motivating the future generation of designers exhibits the innovation as well as leadership our experts strive for at Edmund Optics.".