.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Innovation at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually chosen as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is recognized for exceptional solution to SPIE as well as the optics area through job that innovations visual systems design, engages trainees, and also portions the enthusiasm of optics with the general public.As an SPIE Senior Member, Katie is an energetic factor to the optics neighborhood, having actually shown at several events as well as authored two publications with SPIE Push, featuring Photonics General Rules and also Field Guide to Optomechanical Concept and also Review. Her involvement with the association encompasses providing on conference program committees, the Nominating and Management Development Board, and as a previous SPIE Panel of Directors member. In addition, she has joined the SPIE Education Board and the Gender Equity Commando, which strives to improve equal opportunities as well as awareness within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually dealt with different imaging system concepts, tolerancing, analyses, and prototype examinations in compressed timeframes for both inner development and external consumers. She obtained her BS in Optics from the College of Rochester's Institute of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. She presently serves as a Board member for the Arizona Innovation Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Valley industry cluster." We are actually surprisingly happy to see Katie Schwertz identified with the SPIE President's Honor for her commitment and also impactful payments to the optics community," said Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and Main Advertising & Marketing Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to accelerating visual bodies style as well as uplifting the next generation of developers shows the innovation and also leadership our experts strive for at Edmund Optics.".