.Katie Schwertz, Senior Citizen Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been chosen as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Award. She is actually acknowledged for excellent solution to SPIE as well as the optics area through job that breakthroughs optical systems design, interacts pupils, and also allotments the enthusiasm of optics along with the general public.As an SPIE Senior Citizen Participant, Katie is actually an energetic contributor to the optics community, having presented at countless events and also authored 2 magazines along with SPIE Push, including Photonics General Rules as well as Field Guide to Optomechanical Style as well as Analysis. Her engagement along with the company extends to serving on event course committees, the Nominating as well as Leadership Progression Board, and as a past SPIE Panel of Directors participant. Also, she has taken part in the SPIE Education Committee as well as the Sex Equity Task Force, which targets to boost equal opportunities and also acknowledgment within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has serviced various imaging device designs, tolerancing, reviews, as well as prototype assessments in compressed timeframes for both internal advancement as well as external customers. She got her BS in Optics coming from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the College of Arizona. She presently works as a Panel member for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland sector collection." We are very pleased to find Katie Schwertz realized with the SPIE Head of state's Honor for her devotion and also impactful contributions to the optics community," mentioned Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Board and also Chief Advertising And Marketing & Marketing Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to advancing optical devices style and also inspiring the newest generation of designers exhibits the development as well as leadership we strive for at Edmund Optics.".