.Katie Schwertz, Senior Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is recognized for excellent service to SPIE as well as the optics community by means of work that advances optical bodies layout, interacts trainees, and allotments the pleasure of optics along with the general public.As an SPIE Senior Citizen Member, Katie is an energetic contributor to the optics neighborhood, having actually provided at various conferences and authored 2 publications along with SPIE Push, including Photonics Rules of Thumb and also Field Guide to Optomechanical Layout and Study. Her involvement along with the institution includes offering on conference course boards, the Nominating as well as Leadership Growth Committee, and also as a previous SPIE Panel of Directors member. In addition, she has taken part in the SPIE Education And Learning Committee as well as the Gender Equity Task Force, which targets to enrich level playing fields as well as recognition within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually focused on various imaging body layouts, tolerancing, analyses, as well as model examinations in pressed timeframes for each interior growth and exterior customers. She acquired her BS in Optics from the University of Rochester's Principle of Optics as well as her MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. She presently serves as a Panel member for the Arizona Modern Technology Council and also Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland sector bunch." We are actually extremely happy to see Katie Schwertz realized along with the SPIE Head of state's Honor for her commitment as well as impactful payments to the optics neighborhood," stated Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel as well as Chief Advertising & Marketing Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to progressing visual bodies design as well as uplifting the future generation of engineers shows the innovation and management we strive for at Edmund Optics.".