.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Manager of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is actually recognized for superior company to SPIE and also the optics neighborhood with job that advances visual devices design, involves trainees, and also portions the enthusiasm of optics along with the general public.As an SPIE Senior Citizen Member, Katie is an energetic contributor to the optics area, having shown at countless conferences as well as authored 2 publications along with SPIE Press, featuring Photonics Guidelines as well as Field Guide to Optomechanical Design and also Review. Her engagement along with the organization encompasses serving on association program committees, the Nominating and Management Development Board, and as a past SPIE Board of Directors member. Also, she has participated in the SPIE Education And Learning Committee and the Sex Equity Task Force, which intends to enrich level playing fields and also recognition within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has dealt with numerous image resolution body layouts, tolerancing, reviews, as well as prototype examinations in pressed durations for each internal progression and exterior clients. She got her BS in Optics coming from the College of Rochester's Principle of Optics as well as her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She currently serves as a Panel participant for the Arizona Technology Council and also Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland sector bunch." Our team are exceptionally pleased to see Katie Schwertz acknowledged with the SPIE Head of state's Award for her devotion and impactful payments to the optics community," said Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel and also Chief Marketing & Business Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to progressing visual devices style as well as impressive the newest generation of engineers exemplifies the advancement and also leadership our team pursue at Edmund Optics.".