.Katie Schwertz, Senior Citizen Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually chosen as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is actually identified for excellent solution to SPIE and also the optics area through job that developments visual units concept, engages pupils, and allotments the enjoyment of optics with the public.As an SPIE Elderly Person Participant, Katie is an active contributor to the optics neighborhood, having actually offered at many associations as well as authored pair of publications with SPIE Press, featuring Photonics Rules of Thumb and also Guidebook to Optomechanical Layout as well as Study. Her involvement along with the company reaches providing on conference course committees, the Nominating as well as Leadership Development Board, and as a past SPIE Board of Directors member. In addition, she has actually joined the SPIE Education And Learning Board and also the Gender Equity Commando, which intends to improve level playing fields and recognition within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has serviced several imaging unit styles, tolerancing, reviews, as well as prototype evaluations in compressed durations for both interior advancement as well as external clients. She got her BS in Optics from the Educational institution of Rochester's Principle of Optics as well as her MS in Optical Sciences from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She currently acts as a Board member for the Arizona Innovation Council and also Co-Chair of their Optics Valley sector collection." We are unbelievably happy to observe Katie Schwertz acknowledged along with the SPIE Head of state's Honor for her dedication and also impactful payments to the optics neighborhood," stated Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel and Chief Advertising & Sales Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to progressing optical devices style and also uplifting the future generation of designers exemplifies the advancement and management our company pursue at Edmund Optics.".