.Katie Schwertz, Elder Manager of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has been decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Award. She is acknowledged for outstanding solution to SPIE and the optics area with work that innovations visual units concept, engages students, as well as shares the enjoyment of optics with the general public.As an SPIE Senior Participant, Katie is actually an active contributor to the optics neighborhood, having provided at several events and also authored two publications with SPIE Press, including Photonics Rules of Thumb and Field Guide to Optomechanical Layout and also Study. Her interaction along with the organization encompasses serving on association course boards, the Nominating as well as Management Progression Board, and as a past SPIE Board of Supervisors participant. Also, she has actually participated in the SPIE Education Committee and also the Gender Equity Task Force, which aims to enrich level playing fields and also awareness within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has serviced a variety of image resolution unit concepts, tolerancing, reviews, and prototype analyses in squeezed timeframes for each internal development and also exterior clients. She received her BS in Optics from the Educational institution of Rochester's Principle of Optics as well as her MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. She presently functions as a Board participant for the Arizona Innovation Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Valley business collection." We are very happy to find Katie Schwertz acknowledged along with the SPIE Head of state's Award for her dedication as well as impactful payments to the optics community," claimed Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and also Principal Marketing & Marketing Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to advancing optical units design as well as inspiring the future generation of engineers exhibits the advancement and also management our company strive for at Edmund Optics.".