Small Gas Engines BriefCASE
July 15-17, 2024
Washington State University
SGE Course Description
Small Gas Engines (SGE) is a specialization-level module in the Mechanical Systems in Agriculture series. The module provides technical applications to mechanical systems, using small gas engines as the instructional tool. Students practice technical skills, including measurements, troubleshooting, documenting an engine teardown and assembly, completing work/repair orders, and reading a service manual. This 12-week module can be paired with other modules in the Mechanical Systems in Agriculture series or supplement a standard small engines or ag mechanics curriculum.
Registration
The cost of the Washington State University SGE BriefCASE Institutes is $825 per individual. The registration covers (7/15 – 7/17/24), curriculum, cost of instructional materials, a CASE shirt, printing, and lunch/dinner during the week. The registration deadline is May 1, 2024. See Cancelation Policy below. Registered participants will be invoiced by Washington State University.
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Contacts
Please contact J.D. Baser jbaser@wsu.edu with any questions.
Cancellation
- Full registration refund for cancellations more than 31-days from the start date.
- $50 cancellation fee incurred for cancellations within 30 to 15 days from the start date.
- $100 cancellation fee incurred for cancellations within 14-days of the session and no-show participants.
Lodging
A housing block will be reserved at:
COAST Hilltop Inn
928 NW Olsen Street
Pullman, WA 99163
https://www.coasthotels.com/coast-hilltop-inn/
Airports:
· Pullman Moscow Regional Airport (PUW) – Alaska Airline fly into the Pullman-Moscow Airport, which is about 10 minutes from campus.
· Spokane International Airport (GEG) – The Spokane airport is about an hour and a half from campus and offers more flight availability. Transportation to and from this airport may be arranged. Please contact JD Baser to discuss these arrangements.
· Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport (LWS) – Delta and United Airlines flies into the Lewiston Airport about an hour south of campus.
Please contact JD Baser to discuss these arrangements.
Sightseeing
Travel Details
- Nature Based:
o Kamiak Butte—Travel Time ~20 minutes
o Steptoe Butte—Travel Time ~45+ minutes
o Palouse Falls—Travel Time ~1.5 hours
o Lower Granite Dam—Travel Time ~45 minutes
o Hells Canyon Tour—Travel Time ~45 minutes
- Educational Experiences:
o Pullman Focus:
- WSU Art Museum—On Campus
- Sweitzer Engineering Tour—Off Campus ~5 minutes
o WSU Agriculture:
- WSU Dairy Center—Off Campus ~15 minutes
- WSU Beef Center—Off Campus ~15 minutes
- WSU Wheat Greenhouses—On Campus
- WSU Pulse Crop Greenhouses—On Campus
- WSU Grizzly Bears—On Campus
- Recreational Activities
o Palouse Ridge Golf Club—Travel Time ~5 minutes
o Airway Hills Mini Golf –Travel Time ~5-10 minutes
o Stand-Up Paddle Boarding/ Kayak on the Snake (Lewiston/Clarkston)—Travel Time ~ 45minutes
- Regional Weekend Travel Ideas:
o Winetasting
- Walla Walla—Travel Time ~2 hours
- Prosser—Travel Time ~2-3 hours
- Yakima Valley—Travel Time ~3.5 hours
- Moscow, ID. – Travel Time ~ 15-20 minutes
o Seattle, WA—Travel Time ~5 hours
- Space Needle
- Experience Music Project (EPM)
- Pike Place Market
- Pacific Science Center
o Spokane—Travel Time ~1.5 hours
- Local Parks
- Gondola Ride Over the Falls
- Escape Room
- Distilleries
- Brewery Options