.Katie Schwertz, Senior Citizen Manager of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is actually identified for exceptional service to SPIE and the optics area with job that innovations optical devices layout, involves trainees, and allotments the enjoyment of optics with the public.As an SPIE Senior Citizen Participant, Katie is actually an active contributor to the optics area, having offered at countless conferences and also authored 2 publications with SPIE Push, featuring Photonics General Rules as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Design and also Analysis. Her interaction along with the organization encompasses serving on conference system boards, the Nominating and Management Growth Board, and also as a past SPIE Panel of Directors participant. Additionally, she has actually joined the SPIE Education Committee and also the Sex Equity Commando, which targets to improve equal opportunities and awareness within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually worked on a variety of image resolution unit layouts, tolerancing, evaluations, and model examinations in squeezed durations for each interior development as well as external consumers. She received her BS in Optics from the College of Rochester's Institute of Optics as well as her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the University of Arizona. She currently functions as a Board member for the Arizona Innovation Council and Co-Chair of their Optics Valley market set." Our team are extremely glad to view Katie Schwertz recognized along with the SPIE Head of state's Award for her dedication and impactful additions to the optics area," stated Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board and Main Marketing & Sales Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to advancing optical devices concept and also uplifting the newest generation of engineers exhibits the innovation as well as leadership our experts pursue at Edmund Optics.".