.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Manager 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 realized for superior service to SPIE as well as the optics community through job that developments visual bodies concept, interacts pupils, as well as shares the exhilaration of optics along with the public.As an SPIE Senior Citizen Member, Katie is an active contributor to the optics area, having actually offered at various associations and authored two publications along with SPIE Press, including Photonics General Rules and Field Guide to Optomechanical Concept as well as Evaluation. Her engagement along with the association includes providing on association plan committees, the Nominating as well as Management Progression Board, and also as a previous SPIE Panel of Directors member. Additionally, she has participated in the SPIE Learning Committee and also the Gender Equity Task Force, which aims to enhance equal opportunities as well as acknowledgment within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually worked with several image resolution body styles, tolerancing, analyses, and also model examinations in pressed durations for each internal development as well as external consumers. She received her BS in Optics coming from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences from the College of Arizona. She currently serves as a Board member for the Arizona Technology Council and also Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland field set." Our experts are actually incredibly happy to observe Katie Schwertz recognized with the SPIE President's Award for her devotion as well as impactful additions to the optics area," claimed Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and Chief Advertising And Marketing & Business Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to advancing visual units design and inspiring the future generation of designers shows the advancement and also management our team pursue at Edmund Optics.".