.Katie Schwertz, Elder Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is actually identified for superior solution to SPIE as well as the optics area via job that advances optical units style, involves pupils, as well as portions the pleasure of optics with the general public.As an SPIE Senior Citizen Participant, Katie is an energetic contributor to the optics area, having actually shown at many conferences and authored two magazines along with SPIE Push, including Photonics Guidelines as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Style and Study. Her involvement along with the organization reaches offering on event system boards, the Nominating and Management Advancement Committee, and as a past SPIE Board of Supervisors member. In addition, she has actually joined the SPIE Learning Committee and also the Sex Equity Task Force, which intends to boost equal opportunities and recognition within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually worked on various image resolution body layouts, tolerancing, analyses, and also prototype analyses in pressed durations for each interior development and exterior clients. She obtained her BS in Optics coming from the Educational institution of Rochester's Institute of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the University of Arizona. She presently acts as a Panel participant for the Arizona Modern Technology Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland field cluster." We are actually incredibly pleased to observe Katie Schwertz realized with the SPIE President's Honor for her devotion as well as impactful payments to the optics community," pointed out Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board as well as Chief Marketing & Marketing Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to evolving visual bodies style and also uplifting the next generation of designers embodies the technology and also leadership our company strive for at Edmund Optics.".