.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Manager of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually picked as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is actually acknowledged for impressive solution to SPIE as well as the optics neighborhood via work that breakthroughs visual systems style, interacts students, and also reveals the enjoyment of optics along with everyone.As an SPIE Elder Participant, Katie is actually an active contributor to the optics area, having presented at many conferences and authored pair of magazines along with SPIE Push, including Photonics General Rules as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Concept as well as Study. Her engagement with the company encompasses providing on event system boards, the Nominating as well as Management Progression Committee, and as a previous SPIE Panel of Directors member. Furthermore, she has actually participated in the SPIE Learning Board and the Sex Equity Task Force, which intends to boost equal opportunities as well as awareness within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually worked on numerous imaging body styles, tolerancing, evaluations, as well as prototype assessments in compressed timeframes for each inner progression and exterior customers. She obtained her BS in Optics from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She presently functions as a Panel member for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities and Co-Chair of their Optics Valley sector cluster." We are actually extremely proud to view Katie Schwertz acknowledged along with the SPIE President's Honor for her commitment and impactful contributions to the optics neighborhood," pointed out Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel and also Main Advertising & Marketing Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to progressing optical bodies layout and uplifting the next generation of engineers displays the technology and leadership our experts strive for at Edmund Optics.".