.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Manager of Optical Assemblies & Innovation at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President's Award. She is actually recognized for impressive company to SPIE as well as the optics area via job that breakthroughs optical systems style, involves pupils, and also shares the exhilaration of optics along with the public.As an SPIE Elderly Person Member, Katie is an energetic contributor to the optics area, having actually shown at many events and authored pair of magazines along with SPIE Press, including Photonics Rules of Thumb and Field Guide to Optomechanical Style as well as Study. Her involvement with the association extends to serving on conference plan committees, the Nominating and also Management Growth Board, and as a past SPIE Board of Directors participant. Also, she has actually taken part in the SPIE Learning Board as well as the Gender Equity Commando, which aims to enrich equal opportunities and awareness within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has serviced a variety of imaging device concepts, tolerancing, studies, as well as prototype analyses in compressed timeframes for each inner progression as well as outside clients. She acquired her BS in Optics coming from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the College of Arizona. She presently functions as a Panel participant for the Arizona Technology Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland business collection." We are actually very glad to find Katie Schwertz realized along with the SPIE President's Award for her commitment and impactful contributions to the optics area," mentioned Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel as well as Chief Advertising And Marketing & Business Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to evolving optical systems design and also impressive the newest generation of designers exemplifies the development and also leadership our experts strive for at Edmund Optics.".