.Katie Schwertz, Senior Citizen Manager of Optical Assemblies & Innovation at Edmund Optics, has been actually picked as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is actually acknowledged for outstanding service to SPIE and the optics community via work that advancements optical devices layout, involves students, and also reveals the pleasure of optics along with the general public.As an SPIE Senior Citizen Participant, Katie is an energetic contributor to the optics area, having shown at countless conferences and authored 2 publications with SPIE Press, including Photonics General Rules as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Layout and also Review. Her engagement along with the company extends to offering on association plan boards, the Nominating as well as Leadership Growth Board, and as a previous SPIE Board of Directors participant. Also, she has joined the SPIE Education And Learning Board and also the Sex Equity Task Force, which intends to enhance level playing fields as well as awareness within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually serviced numerous image resolution device designs, tolerancing, reviews, and model examinations in pressed timeframes for each interior development and also external customers. She got her BS in Optics from the College of Rochester's Principle of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the University of Arizona. She presently functions as a Board participant for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities and Co-Chair of their Optics Valley industry bunch." Our company are unbelievably happy to find Katie Schwertz realized along with the SPIE President's Honor for her devotion and impactful contributions to the optics area," pointed out Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and Main Marketing & Sales Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to progressing optical systems layout and also uplifting the future generation of designers embodies the development and management we strive for at Edmund Optics.".