.Katie Schwertz, Senior Citizen Manager of Optical Assemblies & Innovation at Edmund Optics, has been chosen as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is actually acknowledged for exceptional solution to SPIE and also the optics community by means of job that breakthroughs optical systems layout, interacts trainees, as well as allotments the excitement of optics along with everyone.As an SPIE Senior Participant, Katie is actually an energetic contributor to the optics area, having offered at countless associations as well as authored pair of publications along with SPIE Press, consisting of Photonics General Rules and Guidebook to Optomechanical Layout and also Review. Her involvement along with the company encompasses offering on association plan boards, the Nominating as well as Management Advancement Committee, and also as a previous SPIE Panel of Supervisors participant. Furthermore, she has taken part in the SPIE Learning Committee and also the Sex Equity Commando, which intends to improve level playing fields and recognition within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually worked with various image resolution unit concepts, tolerancing, reviews, and model assessments in squeezed timeframes for each interior advancement and also external clients. She received her BS in Optics from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences from the College of Arizona. She presently serves as a Board participant for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities and also Co-Chair of their Optics Valley market collection." Our team are very honored to view Katie Schwertz identified with the SPIE President's Honor for her commitment as well as impactful additions to the optics community," pointed out Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and also Main Advertising And Marketing & Marketing Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to accelerating visual bodies layout and uplifting the future generation of engineers displays the technology and management our company strive for at Edmund Optics.".