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Edmund Optics' Katie Schwertz Obtains SPIE President's Award

.Katie Schwertz, Senior Supervisor of Optical Assemblies &amp Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been chosen as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Award. She is actually recognized for excellent solution to SPIE as well as the optics area by means of job that breakthroughs visual systems layout, involves students, as well as portions the exhilaration of optics with the general public.As an SPIE Elder Participant, Katie is actually an energetic contributor to the optics area, having actually presented at various associations and authored two publications with SPIE Push, featuring Photonics Guidelines and Field Guide to Optomechanical Concept and also Analysis. Her interaction along with the organization encompasses serving on conference system boards, the Nominating and also Leadership Growth Board, and also as a previous SPIE Panel of Directors participant. Additionally, she has actually taken part in the SPIE Education Board and the Gender Equity Task Force, which targets to boost equal opportunities as well as acknowledgment within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has serviced different image resolution unit designs, tolerancing, evaluations, as well as prototype evaluations in compressed timeframes for both internal growth as well as exterior customers. She received her BS in Optics from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences from the College of Arizona. She currently works as a Panel member for the Arizona Innovation Council and Co-Chair of their Optics Valley industry cluster." Our company are surprisingly pleased to find Katie Schwertz realized with the SPIE President's Honor for her devotion and also impactful additions to the optics area," mentioned Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board and also Principal Advertising And Marketing &amp Sales Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to accelerating visual systems design and also inspiring the future generation of developers embodies the innovation and also management our team strive for at Edmund Optics.".