.Katie Schwertz, Senior Manager of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been picked as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is actually realized for excellent service to SPIE as well as the optics area through job that advances visual systems style, involves pupils, as well as shares the exhilaration of optics with the general public.As an SPIE Senior Member, Katie is an energetic factor to the optics area, having actually offered at numerous associations as well as authored 2 publications along with SPIE Push, including Photonics Guidelines as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Concept and Analysis. Her interaction along with the association encompasses providing on conference plan committees, the Nominating as well as Management Progression Board, and as a past SPIE Board of Supervisors participant. Additionally, she has joined the SPIE Learning Committee and the Sex Equity Task Force, which aims to improve level playing fields and also acknowledgment within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually focused on a variety of image resolution body concepts, tolerancing, evaluations, and also model assessments in pressed durations for both interior development as well as outside clients. She got her BS in Optics from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. She presently functions as a Panel member for the Arizona Technology Council and Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland industry bunch." Our experts are incredibly pleased to find Katie Schwertz recognized with the SPIE President's Award for her devotion and impactful additions to the optics community," said Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and also Chief Advertising And Marketing & Sales Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to accelerating optical systems design as well as inspiring the newest generation of engineers exemplifies the development and also management we strive for at Edmund Optics.".