.Katie Schwertz, Senior Manager of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is realized for impressive solution to SPIE as well as the optics community via job that advancements optical systems layout, involves students, and reveals the enjoyment of optics along with the public.As an SPIE Senior Participant, Katie is an active contributor to the optics area, having actually provided at various conferences as well as authored 2 magazines with SPIE Push, consisting of Photonics Rules of Thumb and also Field Guide to Optomechanical Layout and also Analysis. Her engagement along with the company reaches offering on association course boards, the Nominating and Leadership Progression Board, and as a previous SPIE Panel of Supervisors participant. In addition, she has actually taken part in the SPIE Education Committee as well as the Gender Equity Task Force, which aims to improve level playing fields as well as acknowledgment within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually worked on numerous imaging body styles, tolerancing, evaluations, and also model examinations in compressed durations for both interior growth and also exterior clients. She got her BS in Optics coming from the College of Rochester's Principle of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She presently acts as a Board member for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities and also Co-Chair of their Optics Valley market set." Our experts are actually extremely glad to find Katie Schwertz recognized with the SPIE President's Honor for her commitment and also impactful contributions to the optics area," claimed Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board and also Main Advertising & Marketing Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to progressing optical bodies style and also motivating the newest generation of developers exemplifies the innovation as well as leadership our company pursue at Edmund Optics.".