.Katie Schwertz, Senior Citizen Manager of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been picked as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Award. She is actually identified for outstanding solution to SPIE and also the optics community by means of work that advancements visual systems style, involves pupils, as well as allotments the enjoyment of optics along with the public.As an SPIE Senior Citizen Member, Katie is an energetic factor to the optics area, having actually provided at countless associations and also authored pair of magazines with SPIE Push, consisting of Photonics Guidelines as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Style as well as Review. Her engagement along with the association includes providing on conference course committees, the Nominating and Leadership Development Committee, and also as a past SPIE Board of Supervisors member. Additionally, she has actually joined the SPIE Learning Committee and the Sex Equity Task Force, which targets to boost level playing fields and also awareness within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually serviced numerous image resolution system layouts, tolerancing, evaluations, and also model examinations in compressed timeframes for both interior advancement as well as external customers. She obtained her BS in Optics coming from the University of Rochester's Principle of Optics as well as her MS in Optical Sciences from the College of Arizona. She currently works as a Board participant for the Arizona Technology Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland field set." We are actually extremely pleased to observe Katie Schwertz identified along with the SPIE Head of state's Honor for her dedication and impactful additions to the optics community," claimed Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Board and Main Advertising & Marketing Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to accelerating optical units concept and also inspiring the next generation of engineers shows the technology and also leadership our company strive for at Edmund Optics.".