.Katie Schwertz, Senior Manager of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is identified for exceptional company to SPIE and also the optics area with work that advances optical devices layout, engages students, and allotments the enthusiasm of optics along with the public.As an SPIE Elder Participant, Katie is actually an energetic contributor to the optics area, having provided at numerous conferences as well as authored two magazines with SPIE Push, including Photonics Guidelines and Field Guide to Optomechanical Layout as well as Review. Her involvement with the association reaches serving on association system boards, the Nominating as well as Leadership Advancement Board, and also as a previous SPIE Board of Directors participant. Also, she has participated in the SPIE Education Board as well as the Gender Equity Commando, which aims to enrich level playing fields and recognition within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has dealt with numerous image resolution device designs, tolerancing, analyses, and model assessments in compressed timeframes for both interior growth and exterior customers. She acquired her BS in Optics coming from the Educational institution of Rochester's Institute of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She presently serves as a Panel participant for the Arizona Innovation Authorities and Co-Chair of their Optics Valley market cluster." Our team are actually astonishingly happy to find Katie Schwertz identified with the SPIE President's Honor for her devotion and impactful contributions to the optics neighborhood," said Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and Chief Advertising And Marketing & Sales Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to evolving visual devices concept and uplifting the next generation of designers shows the innovation as well as leadership our company strive for at Edmund Optics.".