.Katie Schwertz, Elder Manager of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is recognized for exceptional solution to SPIE and also the optics neighborhood with work that breakthroughs visual bodies concept, engages pupils, and allotments the enjoyment of optics with everyone.As an SPIE Senior Member, Katie is an active factor to the optics community, having provided at several conferences and authored two publications along with SPIE Press, consisting of Photonics Rules of Thumb as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Design and also Evaluation. Her interaction along with the organization encompasses serving on event course committees, the Nominating as well as Leadership Growth Committee, and as a past SPIE Panel of Directors member. Additionally, she has joined the SPIE Education Board and the Gender Equity Commando, which targets to boost equal opportunities as well as acknowledgment within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually serviced different imaging body designs, tolerancing, analyses, and also prototype examinations in pressed durations for both internal progression as well as exterior clients. She obtained her BS in Optics from the University of Rochester's Principle of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences from the College of Arizona. She presently functions as a Board member for the Arizona Modern Technology Council and Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland business collection." Our team are surprisingly glad to see Katie Schwertz realized with the SPIE Head of state's Award for her dedication and also impactful payments to the optics area," pointed out Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel as well as Main Marketing & Marketing Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to advancing optical systems layout as well as motivating the newest generation of engineers exemplifies the technology as well as management we pursue at Edmund Optics.".