.Katie Schwertz, Elder Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been chosen as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Award. She is actually identified for excellent company to SPIE and the optics neighborhood with work that advances visual devices concept, engages trainees, as well as shares the enthusiasm of optics along with everyone.As an SPIE Elder Member, Katie is an active factor to the optics neighborhood, having actually offered at countless events as well as authored 2 magazines along with SPIE Press, consisting of Photonics Guidelines and Field Guide to Optomechanical Layout and also Analysis. Her involvement along with the company reaches offering on association plan committees, the Nominating as well as Management Development Committee, and as a past SPIE Board of Directors member. Also, she has joined the SPIE Education And Learning Committee and the Sex Equity Task Force, which strives to improve level playing fields as well as acknowledgment within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually worked with different image resolution system layouts, tolerancing, reviews, and also prototype assessments in compressed timeframes for each inner progression as well as external consumers. She received her BS in Optics coming from the Educational institution of Rochester's Institute of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences from the College of Arizona. She presently serves as a Board participant for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland business collection." Our team are actually astonishingly proud to see Katie Schwertz acknowledged along with the SPIE Head of state's Award for her dedication and also impactful contributions to the optics area," pointed out Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board as well as Chief Advertising & Business Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to accelerating optical bodies design and uplifting the next generation of engineers exhibits the innovation and also leadership we pursue at Edmund Optics.".