.Katie Schwertz, Elder Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Award. She is actually identified for superior company to SPIE as well as the optics neighborhood through job that advances optical bodies design, engages pupils, and also reveals the pleasure of optics with everyone.As an SPIE Elder Participant, Katie is actually an energetic contributor to the optics community, having offered at numerous events and also authored pair of publications along with SPIE Press, including Photonics Guidelines and also Field Guide to Optomechanical Style and Study. Her involvement with the association encompasses offering on event course boards, the Nominating and also Management Advancement Committee, and as a past SPIE Panel of Supervisors member. Additionally, she has taken part in the SPIE Learning Board and also the Gender Equity Task Force, which aims to enrich equal opportunities and acknowledgment within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has serviced numerous image resolution body layouts, tolerancing, reviews, as well as model analyses in compressed durations for each internal growth and outside clients. She got her BS in Optics from the Educational institution of Rochester's Institute of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the University of Arizona. She currently serves as a Board participant for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland market set." Our team are actually surprisingly glad to find Katie Schwertz recognized with the SPIE President's Award for her commitment and also impactful additions to the optics area," said Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board and also Principal Advertising And Marketing & Sales Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to advancing optical devices design as well as motivating the newest generation of engineers shows the development and leadership we strive for at Edmund Optics.".