.Katie Schwertz, Senior Citizen Manager of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is actually acknowledged for superior company to SPIE as well as the optics area via job that advances visual units style, engages trainees, and also portions the enthusiasm of optics with the public.As an SPIE Senior Participant, Katie is an active contributor to the optics community, having presented at countless associations and also authored pair of publications with SPIE Press, including Photonics Rules of Thumb as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Style and also Review. Her engagement with the organization extends to offering on event system committees, the Nominating and also Management Growth Committee, and also as a past SPIE Board of Supervisors member. Additionally, she has actually participated in the SPIE Learning Board and also the Gender Equity Task Force, which targets to boost level playing fields and recognition within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has dealt with different imaging body concepts, tolerancing, studies, as well as prototype assessments in compressed timeframes for each inner growth and exterior clients. She got her BS in Optics from the College of Rochester's Institute of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She currently functions as a Board member for the Arizona Modern Technology Council and Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland field cluster." Our experts are surprisingly honored to observe Katie Schwertz realized along with the SPIE President's Honor for her dedication as well as impactful contributions to the optics community," claimed Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel and also Principal Advertising And Marketing & Marketing Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to progressing optical devices design and impressive the future generation of designers displays the advancement as well as management our experts pursue at Edmund Optics.".