6 The Oregon Surveyor | Vol. 46, No. 5 Featured Article I n fall 2022, Oregon State University began holding PLSO student chapter meetings for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Early on, the chapter established its main objectives: to increase awareness of surveying as a profession through outreach, and to give students an avenue to engage with the practice beyond what courses typically offer. When I began attending chapter meetings, the group was brainstorming several activities for its members to engage in, including competitions, outreach at local schools, and field exercises on campus. During these OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY AT THE 2023 UESI SURVEYING COMPETITION Reigniting the PLSO Student Chapter at OSU By Kyle Winney, Team Captain discussions, we learned of a surveying competition hosted at the ASCE Regional Symposium the following spring which caught our interest. This sparked an interest in meeting for the competition, where a team of six was assembled and I was chosen as the team captain. The surveying team consisted of myself as team captain, Jacob O’Brian, Porter Raab, Toby Richardson-Byrd, Isaac Anderson, and Quentin Beers. The competition, hosted by the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI) at ASCE Regional Symposiums across the country, consisted of five tasks: four field tasks performed at the symposium, and one topographic mapping task submitted prior to the competition. Competition Tasks • Topographic mapping: Teams are provided with a .csv file containing survey data with which to create a topographic map. Teams are provided with a list of minimum specifications for the final product, and are asked to prepare a 5-minute presentation describing how they created Jacob O’Brien, Toby Richardson-Byrd, Quentin Beers, Isaac Anderson, Kyle Winney, and Porter Raab at the regionals.
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