.Katie Schwertz, Elder Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Award. She is recognized for exceptional company to SPIE as well as the optics community with work that developments optical units layout, engages pupils, as well as allotments the enjoyment of optics along with the public.As an SPIE Senior Member, Katie is actually an active factor to the optics community, having actually provided at many events and authored pair of publications with SPIE Push, featuring Photonics Guidelines and also Guidebook to Optomechanical Layout and Review. Her engagement along with the organization includes offering on association course committees, the Nominating and also Leadership Progression Committee, and also as a previous SPIE Panel of Supervisors participant. In addition, she has taken part in the SPIE Learning Board and also the Sex Equity Commando, which aims to enrich level playing fields and also recognition within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has focused on various image resolution unit concepts, tolerancing, studies, as well as prototype examinations in compressed durations for each interior growth and exterior clients. She got her BS in Optics coming from the University of Rochester's Principle of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the University of Arizona. She presently acts as a Panel participant for the Arizona Innovation Council and also Co-Chair of their Optics Valley field bunch." Our team are surprisingly proud to view Katie Schwertz realized along with the SPIE President's Honor for her dedication as well as impactful additions to the optics community," pointed out Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel and also Main Marketing & Marketing Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to advancing optical units concept and also motivating the future generation of developers embodies the development as well as management we pursue at Edmund Optics.".