.Katie Schwertz, Senior Manager of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has been picked as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is actually identified for exceptional company to SPIE as well as the optics area via work that innovations optical units design, involves trainees, as well as shares the exhilaration of optics along with everyone.As an SPIE Elder Member, Katie is actually an energetic factor to the optics neighborhood, having actually presented at many events and authored two publications along with SPIE Push, consisting of Photonics General Rules as well as Field Guide to Optomechanical Concept as well as Review. Her interaction with the association encompasses providing on event course committees, the Nominating as well as Leadership Advancement Board, and as a past SPIE Panel of Supervisors member. Additionally, she has actually taken part in the SPIE Learning Committee as well as the Gender Equity Task Force, which intends to improve level playing fields and acknowledgment within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has worked on several image resolution system layouts, tolerancing, analyses, and also model examinations in squeezed timeframes for each interior development and also outside clients. She obtained her BS in Optics coming from the Educational institution of Rochester's Institute of Optics as well as her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She presently functions as a Panel member for the Arizona Technology Council and also Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland field set." We are extremely pleased to find Katie Schwertz realized with the SPIE Head of state's Honor for her devotion and also impactful payments to the optics neighborhood," pointed out Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and also Principal Advertising & Sales Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to advancing optical systems design and inspiring the next generation of developers displays the development as well as leadership our company strive for at Edmund Optics.".