Nesli Akdeniz

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

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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.