.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Manager of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Award. She is acknowledged for outstanding company to SPIE as well as the optics community with job that developments visual units concept, interacts pupils, as well as portions the enthusiasm of optics with the public.As an SPIE Elder Member, Katie is an active factor to the optics community, having offered at many events and also authored 2 publications with SPIE Press, consisting of Photonics Guidelines and Field Guide to Optomechanical Design and also Analysis. Her involvement along with the institution reaches offering on association system committees, the Nominating and Leadership Advancement Committee, and as a previous SPIE Board of Supervisors member. Furthermore, she has actually taken part in the SPIE Education And Learning Board and the Gender Equity Task Force, which aims to boost equal opportunities as well as recognition within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually worked on different imaging device concepts, tolerancing, reviews, as well as model examinations in squeezed timeframes for each inner growth and also external customers. She got her BS in Optics coming from the College of Rochester's Institute of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She currently works as a Board member for the Arizona Innovation Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland market collection." We are actually incredibly proud to find Katie Schwertz recognized with the SPIE Head of state's Award for her commitment and impactful payments to the optics community," said Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Board and also Main Marketing & Business Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to evolving optical systems design and motivating the newest generation of engineers exemplifies the innovation and also leadership our team pursue at Edmund Optics.".