.Katie Schwertz, Senior Citizen Manager of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is actually acknowledged for superior company to SPIE as well as the optics neighborhood via job that advances optical units design, involves trainees, and portions the enjoyment of optics along with everyone.As an SPIE Senior Participant, Katie is an active contributor to the optics area, having actually shown at several associations and authored 2 publications with SPIE Push, featuring Photonics Rules of Thumb as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Layout and Review. Her interaction along with the institution encompasses serving on event system boards, the Nominating and Leadership Advancement Committee, and also as a previous SPIE Board of Supervisors member. Also, she has actually participated in the SPIE Education And Learning Committee and also the Gender Equity Task Force, which strives to boost equal opportunities and also recognition within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually serviced various image resolution system concepts, tolerancing, evaluations, as well as prototype analyses in squeezed timeframes for both inner progression and outside customers. She acquired her BS in Optics coming from the College of Rochester's Principle of Optics as well as her MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. She presently serves as a Board member for the Arizona Technology Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland sector cluster." We are astonishingly glad to observe Katie Schwertz identified with the SPIE President's Honor for her dedication as well as impactful contributions to the optics community," pointed out Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel as well as Main Marketing & Marketing Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to evolving optical bodies layout and impressive the newest generation of designers exemplifies the development and also leadership our team strive for at Edmund Optics.".