.Katie Schwertz, Elder Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Innovation at Edmund Optics, has actually been selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is identified for superior service to SPIE and also the optics neighborhood with work that advancements visual units design, engages trainees, as well as reveals the enjoyment of optics along with the public.As an SPIE Elder Member, Katie is actually an active contributor to the optics neighborhood, having actually shown at countless events and also authored pair of publications with SPIE Press, consisting of Photonics Guidelines as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Concept and also Analysis. Her engagement with the company extends to serving on association plan boards, the Nominating as well as Leadership Advancement Board, and as a past SPIE Board of Directors member. In addition, she has actually taken part in the SPIE Education And Learning Committee and the Sex Equity Task Force, which strives to enrich level playing fields as well as awareness within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually worked on various image resolution device layouts, tolerancing, studies, and prototype examinations in pressed timeframes for both internal advancement and also exterior consumers. She received her BS in Optics from the Educational institution of Rochester's Principle of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She presently functions as a Panel member for the Arizona Technology Authorities and also Co-Chair of their Optics Valley business collection." Our team are actually extremely glad to view Katie Schwertz realized with the SPIE President's Honor for her devotion and also impactful payments to the optics community," claimed Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and also Chief Marketing & Marketing Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to progressing visual devices concept and also impressive the future generation of developers exhibits the advancement and leadership our experts strive for at Edmund Optics.".