.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually picked as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Award. She is identified for exceptional service to SPIE as well as the optics community via work that developments visual devices concept, interacts students, and also portions the pleasure of optics with everyone.As an SPIE Senior Participant, Katie is an active contributor to the optics community, having offered at many conferences and also authored 2 publications with SPIE Push, consisting of Photonics General Rules as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Layout and Analysis. Her involvement with the organization encompasses providing on event course boards, the Nominating as well as Leadership Development Committee, and also as a past SPIE Panel of Supervisors participant. In addition, she has actually taken part in the SPIE Learning Board as well as the Sex Equity Task Force, which aims to enrich equal opportunities as well as recognition within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually serviced several image resolution device designs, tolerancing, evaluations, and prototype analyses in pressed timeframes for both internal progression and also external clients. She obtained her BS in Optics from the Educational institution of Rochester's Principle of Optics as well as her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She presently serves as a Panel member for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities and also Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland market collection." Our experts are actually unbelievably honored to observe Katie Schwertz recognized along with the SPIE President's Award for her dedication and also impactful additions to the optics community," said Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board as well as Principal Advertising & Marketing Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to accelerating optical devices concept and impressive the next generation of developers exemplifies the innovation and also management we pursue at Edmund Optics.".