.Katie Schwertz, Senior Manager of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually picked as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is identified for excellent service to SPIE and the optics neighborhood via work that advancements optical devices design, involves trainees, as well as portions the excitement of optics along with the general public.As an SPIE Elderly Person Participant, Katie is actually an energetic factor to the optics neighborhood, having provided at various associations and also authored 2 publications along with SPIE Push, featuring Photonics Guidelines and also Field Guide to Optomechanical Design as well as Study. Her involvement along with the company reaches serving on conference program boards, the Nominating as well as Leadership Progression Board, and also as a previous SPIE Board of Supervisors participant. In addition, she has actually joined the SPIE Education Board as well as the Gender Equity Task Force, which targets to enhance level playing fields as well as awareness within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has focused on a variety of image resolution unit designs, tolerancing, studies, and model analyses in compressed durations for each internal development and external customers. She obtained 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 Panel member for the Arizona Innovation Council and also Co-Chair of their Optics Valley sector collection." Our team are exceptionally proud to view Katie Schwertz identified with the SPIE President's Honor for her commitment and also impactful contributions to the optics area," pointed out Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel and Principal Advertising & Sales Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to advancing visual systems style and also uplifting the next generation of engineers exemplifies the technology and management our experts strive for at Edmund Optics.".