Nesli Akdeniz
Position title: Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Controlled Livestock Production
Email: nesli@wisc.edu
Website: Controlled Environments in Livestock Production
Phone: (608) 262-0613
Address:
232B Agricultural Engineering Building
460 Henry Mall
Madison, WI 53706

Program Affiliations
Biological Systems Engineering
UW-Madison Extension
Education and Certificates
Education:
- Ph.D. 2008- Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University
Certificate:
- US Federal Aviation Administration Remote Pilot, 2024
Fields of Interest
- Air quality, livestock buildings, energy efficient ventilation design, GHG & VOC emissions
- Measuring air emissions using drone-based systems
- CFD simulations of livestock buildings and greenhouses
- Ventilation design for dairy buildings with automated milking systems
- Manure management and utilization to minimize air emissions
- Airborne disease control and diseased animal tissue containment strategies
Teaching
- BSE 367 Renewable Energy Systems
- BSE 508/509 Senior Design (advisor only)
Publications
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications:
* corresponding author
- Akdeniz*, N. L. Polzin. 2025. Ventilation fans offset potential reductions in milk margin from heat stress in Wisconsin dairy farms. Agriculture, 15(9): 955. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture15090955
- Yi, Y., N. Akdeniz*, JM. Shutske, CY. Choi. 2025. Mitigating heat stress for agricultural workers using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Energy and Buildings, 328, 115186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.115186
- Jiang, L. Y. Yi, N. Akdeniz*. 2024. Energy-saving cooling strategies for tunnel-ventilated dairy buildings: Computational fluid dynamics simulations and validation. Smart Agricultural Technology, 100576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2024.100576
- Yang, D., Y. Wang, N. Akdeniz*. 2024. Developing and field testing an unmanned aerial mapping method to measure air emissions from dairy pastures. Remote Sensing, 16 (16), 3007. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16163007
- Jiang, L. Y. Yi, N. Akdeniz*. 2024. CFD simulations of supplemental cooling techniques in cross-ventilated dairy buildings and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 108480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2023.108480
- Wang, Y. N. Akdeniz*. 2024. Mathematical modeling of biochar’s role in elevating co-composed poultry carcass temperatures. Waste Management, 173, 40-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2023.11.008
Recent Conference Presentations :
- Yang, D., N. Akdeniz. 2025. Direct Measurement of Spatial Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Livestock Pastures. Midwest Climate Summit, Madison, WI.
- Yang, D., N. Akdeniz. 2024. Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from dairy pastures using a flying air analyzer. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Anaheim, CA.
- Yi, Y., N. Akdeniz. 2024. Computational fluid dynamics simulations of deep winter greenhouses. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Anaheim, CA.
- Froelich, E., N. Akdeniz. 2024. Improving anaerobic digestion of dairy manure by reducing hydrogen sulfide production through microaeration. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Anaheim, CA.
- Li, J., N. Akdeniz. 2024. Ventilation design for automated milking system (AMS) buildings. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Anaheim, CA.
Recent Extension Articles
- Ventilation Fan Noise in Dairy Buildings
- Natural Ventilation in Dairy Buildings (with podcast)
- Air Quality in Calf Housing (with podcast)
- Harnessing the Power of Ag Tech: What Farms Need to Know
- Renovating Tie-Stall Barns for Indoor Calf Housing
- Ventilation in Dairy Buildings
Professional Service
Associate Editor, Natural Resources & Environmental Systems (NRES), ASABE. 2023-current.
ASABE 270X Livestock Ventilation Systems review committee, 2024-current.
ASABE Plant, Animal, and Facility Systems (PAFS) 40 Animal Housing, Facilities and Systems, 2024-current.