.Katie Schwertz, Senior Citizen Manager of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually chosen as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is actually identified for impressive service to SPIE and also the optics neighborhood by means of job that advancements visual systems layout, involves students, and also shares the exhilaration of optics along with the public.As an SPIE Senior Participant, Katie is an energetic factor to the optics neighborhood, having offered at several associations and authored two magazines along with SPIE Press, including Photonics Guidelines as well as Field Guide to Optomechanical Layout as well as Study. Her involvement with the association encompasses providing on association plan committees, the Nominating and also Management Progression Committee, and as a previous SPIE Panel of Supervisors member. Furthermore, she has actually taken part in the SPIE Learning Board and also the Gender Equity Task Force, which intends to enhance level playing fields and recognition within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually dealt with various imaging system concepts, tolerancing, studies, and model assessments in pressed timeframes for both internal development as well as exterior customers. She obtained her BS in Optics coming from the College of Rochester's Institute of Optics as well as her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She presently serves as a Panel member for the Arizona Technology Council and also Co-Chair of their Optics Valley market bunch." Our experts are actually incredibly honored to view Katie Schwertz recognized along with the SPIE President's Honor for her dedication and impactful contributions to the optics area," pointed out Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel and Chief Marketing & Sales Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to advancing optical devices layout and also impressive the next generation of engineers exemplifies the technology as well as leadership our team pursue at Edmund Optics.".