​Joseph D. Fenicle, PS is a Professor at the University of Akron for their award winning Surveying/Mapping Program in Akron, Ohio.  Immediately prior to that Fenicle was the Chief Surveyor with the Office of the Fulton County Engineer in Wauseon, Ohio from 2005 to 2020.  Fenicle worked with J.C. Andrus & Associates in Toledo from 1996 to 2005 and specialized in boundary retracement and remonumentation in Ohio & Michigan.  In 2003, he took a sabbatical to New Hampshire and represented a large multidisciplinary firm surveying throughout multiple New England states.  Fenicle was also an adjunct faculty member with Owens Community College teaching various surveying courses between 2002 and 2009 and at the University of Toledo in 2019.  Fenicle was also a long time member of the remonumentation peer group for Lenawee and Monroe Counties Michigan.  He continues to write, research and speak on various surveying related topics and also runs a business specializing in continuing professional development for land surveyors across the nation.  Fenicle received his AAS in GIS/GPS from Hocking Technical College and a BS in Surveying/Mapping from the University of Akron and is currently pursuing his PSM from the University of Maine.  He became licensed in Ohio in 2002 and in Michigan in 2004.  He obtained his FAA license in 2019.
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Perpetuating our Profession
​Thursday, January 6, 2022
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

​An overview of various ways to introduce our profession to the next generation of surveyors.

Deputy Surveyor CaptainJames Riley
Thursday, January 6, 2022
2:00 - 2:50 p.m.

The history behind one of the most colorful General Land Office Deputy Surveyors.

​Professional Ethics
​Thursday, January 6, 2022
3:10 - 5:00 p.m.

NSPS states that we shall “Encourage high standards of ethical and professional behavior.”  The Kansas Society of Land Surveyors mission is to “…foster high standards of professional ethics and practice”.  This session will teach us about Professional Ethics and about knowing the difference between what you have the right to do vs. what is right to do.  

​UAS
​Friday, January 7, 2022
8:00 - 9:50 a.m.

A study on the full history of Unmanned Aircraft and how to expand your survey business with the addition of a UAS.​

Matrix Notation Review and Least Squares for the Surveyor
Friday, January 7, 2022
10:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

A review of Matrix notation, the matrix equation (equal weight and weighted) and best fit line (line of regression). This session also includes the study of error propagation and its application to least squares.​ 

Computations, Analysis and Error Propagation for the Surveyor
Friday, January 7, 2022
​1:30 - 3:20 p.m.

A review of elementary statistical concepts and some more complex issues dealing with error propagation.

Cadastral Surveying
Friday, January 7, 2022
​3:40 - 5:30 p.m.

An elementary review of the Public Land Survey System, where it came from, and where it is today.