.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is actually identified for outstanding solution to SPIE and also the optics community by means of work that advancements optical units design, engages students, and shares the enjoyment of optics along with the general public.As an SPIE Senior Participant, Katie is an energetic contributor to the optics area, having actually shown at many associations as well as authored 2 publications along with SPIE Push, including Photonics Guidelines and also Field Guide to Optomechanical Layout as well as Study. Her involvement with the association encompasses serving on conference course committees, the Nominating and also Management Growth Committee, and as a past SPIE Board of Supervisors participant. Additionally, she has actually participated in the SPIE Education Committee as well as the Gender Equity Task Force, which intends to enhance level playing fields as well as awareness within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has worked with a variety of image resolution device designs, tolerancing, reviews, as well as prototype assessments in compressed timeframes for each inner advancement and also external consumers. She obtained her BS in Optics coming from the Educational institution of Rochester's Institute of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences from the College of Arizona. She presently serves as a Panel member for the Arizona Modern Technology Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland sector cluster." Our team are surprisingly proud to see Katie Schwertz realized with the SPIE Head of state's Honor for her devotion as well as impactful payments to the optics community," stated Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and also Principal Advertising & Marketing Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to advancing visual systems concept and impressive the next generation of developers exhibits the advancement and leadership our company pursue at Edmund Optics.".