.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Manager of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Award. She is actually acknowledged for outstanding company to SPIE and the optics neighborhood by means of job that developments optical bodies concept, involves pupils, and shares the enjoyment of optics along with the public.As an SPIE Elder Participant, Katie is actually an energetic factor to the optics area, having shown at many events as well as authored 2 magazines along with SPIE Push, consisting of Photonics Guidelines and also Guidebook to Optomechanical Design as well as Analysis. Her engagement along with the company encompasses offering on conference system boards, the Nominating as well as Management Progression Board, and as a past SPIE Board of Directors member. In addition, she has actually taken part in the SPIE Education Board and also the Gender Equity Task Force, which strives to improve equal opportunities as well as recognition within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has serviced different image resolution body concepts, tolerancing, analyses, and model analyses in pressed durations for both interior progression and external customers. She acquired her BS in Optics from the Educational institution of Rochester's Institute of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the University of Arizona. She presently acts as a Panel participant for the Arizona Technology Council and also Co-Chair of their Optics Valley market collection." Our company are actually unbelievably pleased to see Katie Schwertz identified with the SPIE Head of state's Award for her dedication as well as impactful contributions to the optics neighborhood," stated Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel as well as Chief Advertising & Marketing Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to advancing optical systems layout and inspiring the next generation of engineers shows the advancement and also management our experts strive for at Edmund Optics.".