.Katie Schwertz, Elder Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Award. She is identified for excellent service to SPIE and also the optics area by means of job that breakthroughs visual devices concept, involves students, and reveals the pleasure of optics along with the general public.As an SPIE Elderly Person Member, Katie is actually an active contributor to the optics community, having presented at numerous conferences and authored two publications along with SPIE Press, featuring Photonics General Rules as well as Field Guide to Optomechanical Concept as well as Study. Her involvement along with the association encompasses providing on event program boards, the Nominating and Management Growth Committee, and as a previous SPIE Board of Directors participant. In addition, she has taken part in the SPIE Education And Learning Committee and the Gender Equity Task Force, which strives to enrich equal opportunities and acknowledgment within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually focused on several imaging device layouts, tolerancing, evaluations, and prototype examinations in squeezed durations for both internal development as well as external customers. She obtained her BS in Optics coming from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. She currently serves as a Panel participant for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Valley industry collection." Our company are extremely happy to view Katie Schwertz realized with the SPIE President's Honor for her commitment as well as impactful additions to the optics neighborhood," said Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Board and also Chief Advertising & Marketing Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to advancing visual systems design as well as inspiring the newest generation of designers embodies the innovation and also management our company pursue at Edmund Optics.".