.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Manager of Optical Assemblies & Innovation at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Award. She is identified for excellent company to SPIE and also the optics community through job that advancements optical bodies layout, involves students, and reveals the pleasure of optics with the general public.As an SPIE Senior Citizen Member, Katie is an energetic contributor to the optics community, having offered at numerous events and also authored 2 magazines with SPIE Press, consisting of Photonics Rules of Thumb and also Guidebook to Optomechanical Style and Analysis. Her interaction along with the association extends to offering on event course boards, the Nominating and also Management Growth Board, and also as a previous SPIE Panel of Directors member. Furthermore, she has actually participated in the SPIE Education And Learning Board and the Gender Equity Task Force, which aims to enrich equal opportunities as well as awareness within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has focused on a variety of imaging unit concepts, tolerancing, studies, as well as model analyses in compressed durations for each interior development and external clients. 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 College of Arizona. She currently serves as a Panel participant for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities and also Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland business set." Our team are incredibly glad to view Katie Schwertz recognized along with the SPIE President's Award for her dedication and also impactful contributions to the optics neighborhood," pointed out Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board as well as Main Marketing & Business Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to progressing visual systems layout and motivating the newest generation of developers exemplifies the advancement and also leadership our team pursue at Edmund Optics.".