.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Honor. She is actually recognized for outstanding company to SPIE as well as the optics neighborhood through work that developments optical units concept, engages trainees, and also shares the enjoyment of optics along with the general public.As an SPIE Senior Participant, Katie is actually an active contributor to the optics area, having actually presented at numerous events and authored pair of publications along with SPIE Press, featuring Photonics Rules of Thumb as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Concept and Analysis. Her involvement along with the organization reaches offering on event program boards, the Nominating and also Management Development Committee, and also as a previous SPIE Panel of Supervisors member. In addition, she has joined the SPIE Learning Committee and the Gender Equity Task Force, which targets to boost equal opportunities as well as recognition within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has focused on a variety of imaging unit layouts, tolerancing, reviews, and also model analyses in compressed durations for each internal growth and also external consumers. She received her BS in Optics coming from the Educational institution of Rochester's Institute of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the University of Arizona. She currently acts as a Board participant for the Arizona Modern Technology Council and also Co-Chair of their Optics Valley sector bunch." We are actually extremely honored to observe Katie Schwertz identified with the SPIE Head of state's Honor for her commitment as well as impactful additions to the optics neighborhood," stated Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board as well as Chief Marketing & Marketing Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to evolving visual devices layout and inspiring the future generation of engineers exemplifies the innovation and leadership we pursue at Edmund Optics.".