Biological Systems Engineering

Senior Outreach Specialist
Agricultural Engineering Building
Room 125
460 Henry Mall
Madison, WI 53706
Tel: (608) 262-5062
Fax: (608) 262-1228
E-mail: sasanford@wisc.edu

Teaching

• Agricultural Energy Management - Short Course
• Milking Systems

Outreach/Research

• Rural Energy Issues Outreach Program - Focus on Energy
• Energy Conservation
• Dairy Farms
• Grain Drying
• Irrigation
• Crop Storage - Potatoes
• Lighting
• Greenhouse production
• Maple syrup production

Education

• M. Engr. -1984, Agricultural Engineering - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• B.S. - 1981, Agricultural Engineering - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• Cert. - 1977, Agricultural Mechanics, SUNY - Cobleskill College, Cobleskill, NY
• A.A.S. - 1976, Animal Husbandry, SUNY - Cobleskill College, Cobleskill, NY

Fields of interest

• Energy conservation and utilization of resources
• Renewable energy sources
• Long Daylight lighting for Dairy Cows
• Low Cost Dairy Expansion
• Recirculation Aquaculture

Awards & Honors

• Educational Aids, Blue Ribbon Award, In-Line Milk Cooling, Agricultural Engineering Fact sheet, ASAE 1984.
• Alpha Zeta, National Honorary Agriculture Fraternity, inducted 1980.

Selected Publications

• Sanford, S.A., Greenhouse Unit Heaters: Types, Placement, and Efficiency, University of Wisconsin - Extension, Madison, WI, 2006.
• Sanford, S.A., Energy Efficient Agricultural Lighting, University of Wisconsin - Extension, Madison, WI, 2004.
• Sanford, S.A., Ventilation and Cooling Systems for Animal Housing, University of Wisconsin - Extension, Madison, WI, 2004.
• Sanford, S.A., Heating Water on Dairy Farms, University of Wisconsin - Extension, Madison, WI, 2003.
• Link to Extension Publications
• Sanford, S.A., Milking System Air Consumption When Using a Variable Speed Vacuum Pump, ASAE, St Joseph, MI, Paper No. 03-3014, 2003.

Links

• Focus on Energy - Resource site with information about energy conservation, renewable energy and grants.
• Wisconsin Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resource site - information for energy conservation in Agriculture - coming soon renewable energy.

Summary

Scott Sanford is a Senior Outreach Specialist in the Biological Systems Engineering department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he has been on staff since 2002. He works on and manages the Rural Energy Program and provides technical assistance to Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy program. He has developed audit tools and educational materials for the program and makes presentations on energy conservation. Currently he is working on energy conservation on dairy farms, irrigation system, grain drying, potato storage facilities and greenhouses. Scott also teaches the Agricultural Energy Management course for the Farm and Industry Short course program. Prior to joining the university, Mr. Sanford worked in the dairy equipment business for 17 years holding positions in engineering, marketing and manufacturing.

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