.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Manager of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually picked as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is actually acknowledged for outstanding service to SPIE and the optics community with work that breakthroughs optical devices design, engages trainees, and portions the enjoyment of optics with the public.As an SPIE Senior Member, Katie is actually an energetic contributor to the optics area, having actually presented at countless events and authored 2 publications along with SPIE Press, including Photonics Guidelines and also Field Guide to Optomechanical Concept and Review. Her engagement with the company reaches offering on event program boards, the Nominating and Leadership Development Committee, and as a past SPIE Panel of Directors member. Furthermore, she has actually joined the SPIE Education Board and the Sex Equity Task Force, which targets to enrich level playing fields and acknowledgment within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has serviced different image resolution system designs, tolerancing, evaluations, and model analyses in pressed durations for each internal progression and exterior customers. She received her BS in Optics from the Educational institution of Rochester's Principle of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. She currently works as a Board member for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Valley industry collection." Our team are actually very pleased to find Katie Schwertz identified with the SPIE Head of state's Honor for her commitment and also impactful contributions to the optics community," stated Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel and Main Advertising And Marketing & Marketing Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to evolving optical units style and impressive the future generation of designers embodies the development as well as leadership we pursue at Edmund Optics.".