.Katie Schwertz, Senior Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE President’s Honor. She is acknowledged for impressive solution to SPIE and also the optics community by means of work that developments optical devices layout, involves trainees, and shares the excitement of optics with the general public.As an SPIE Elderly Person Participant, Katie is actually an active contributor to the optics neighborhood, having shown at several events and also authored pair of publications with SPIE Press, including Photonics Guidelines and Field Guide to Optomechanical Concept and also Evaluation. Her involvement along with the institution reaches serving on association program boards, the Nominating and also Management Advancement Board, and as a previous SPIE Board of Supervisors member.
In addition, she has participated in the SPIE Learning Board and the Sex Equity Task Force, which targets to enhance equal opportunities and awareness within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has worked with different image resolution unit designs, tolerancing, analyses, and model assessments in compressed durations for each interior development and external consumers. She obtained her BS in Optics coming from the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences from the College of Arizona. She currently acts as a Board participant for the Arizona Technology Authorities and Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland industry cluster.” We are astonishingly proud to see Katie Schwertz identified with the SPIE President’s Award for her dedication and also impactful contributions to the optics community,” mentioned Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel and Chief Advertising And Marketing & Sales Policeman at Edmund Optics.
“Her commitment to evolving visual bodies design and also uplifting the next generation of engineers displays the technology and leadership our company strive for at Edmund Optics.”.