.Katie Schwertz, Elder Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually picked as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Award. She is actually realized for excellent company to SPIE and the optics neighborhood by means of work that innovations optical bodies concept, involves trainees, as well as reveals the pleasure of optics with the general public.As an SPIE Elder Member, Katie is an active contributor to the optics community, having provided at various conferences and authored two magazines with SPIE Push, consisting of Photonics General Rules and Guidebook to Optomechanical Design and also Evaluation. Her interaction along with the company encompasses serving on conference system boards, the Nominating and Management Development Board, and as a past SPIE Board of Directors member. Furthermore, she has actually participated in the SPIE Education Committee as well as the Sex Equity Task Force, which strives to enhance level playing fields as well as recognition within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually serviced several imaging body layouts, tolerancing, reviews, and also prototype assessments in compressed durations for both inner growth as well as outside consumers. She obtained her BS in Optics from the University of Rochester's Principle of Optics as well as her MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. She presently serves as a Panel member for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities and Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland field set." Our company are exceptionally honored to see Katie Schwertz acknowledged with the SPIE President's Award for her devotion and impactful contributions to the optics area," claimed Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board as well as Principal Advertising & Marketing Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to accelerating visual systems design and also motivating the future generation of designers shows the advancement and also management our experts strive for at Edmund Optics.".