Christine Costello, Ph.D.

Christine Costello, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
217 Agricultural Engineering Building
Shortlidge Road

University Park, PA 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Industrial Ecology
  • Ethical Decision Making
  • Life Cycle Analysis

Publications

Assessing Future Water Allocation under Climate Variability and Land Management Change in an Agricultural Watershed
Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Phung, Quang A., Thompson, Allen L., Baffaut, Claire, Costello, Christine, John Sadler, E., 2022

Phosphorus (P) in animal diets as a driver of embodied P in animal products and net anthropogenic P inputs
Journal of Industrial Ecology, Algren, Mikaela, Costello, Christine, Landis, Amy E., 2022

Chapter 12: Soil Water Management and Climate Fluctuations: Modeling Approach, Baffaut, Claire, Costello, Christine, Gautam, Sagar, Phung, Quang, Thompson, Allen, 2022

Estimating virtual nitrogen inputs to integrated u.s. corn ethanol and animal food systems
Environmental Science & Technology, Algren, Mikaela, Landis, Amy E., Costello, Christine, 2021

Assessment of the effect of urban agriculture on achieving a localized food system centered on chicago, il using robust optimization
Environmental Science & Technology, Costello, Christine, Oveysi, Zeynab, Dundar, Bayram, McGarvey, Ronald, 2021

Eating away at sustainability. Food consumption and waste patterns in a US school canteen
Journal of Cleaner Production, García-Herrero, Laura, Costello, Christine, De Menna, Fabio, Schreiber, Lydia, Vittuari, Matteo, 2021

Projection of future drought and extreme events occurrence in Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed, Midwestern US
Hydrological Sciences Journal, Gautam, Sagar, Costello, Christine, Baffaut, Claire, Thompson, Allen, Sadler, E. John, 2021

Eating away sustainability. Food consumption and waste patterns in a US school canteen
Journal of Cleaner Production, García-Herrero, Laura, Costello, Christine, De Manna, Fabio, Schreiber, Lydia, Vittuari, Matteo, 2020

Beyond life cycle assessment: towards holistic food sustainability evaluation
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Berardy, A., Seager, T., Costello, Christine, Wharton, C., 2020

Considering the Role of Life Cycle Analysis in Holistic Food Systems Research, Policy, and Practice
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Berardy, A, Seager, T, Costello, C, Wharton, C, 2020

Supply Chain Design from a Three-Dimensional Sustainability Perspective, Trihastuti, Dian, Costello, Christine, Noble, J, 2020

Climate and Land Use Effects on Hydrologic Processes in a Primarily Rain-Fed, Agricultural Watershed
Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Phung, Quang A., Thompson, Allen L., Baffaut, Claire, Costello, Christine, Sadler, E. John, Svoma, Bohumil M., Lupo, Anthony, Gautam, Sagar, 2019

Evaluation of the effect of climate and land use changes on hydrologic processes in the Salt River Basin, Missouri, United States
JAWRA, Phung, Quang, Thompson, Allen, Bauffat, Claire, Costello, Christine, Sadler, John, Lupo, Anthony, Svoma, B, Gautam, Sagar, 2019

The concept of Zero Waste, Costello, Christine, 2019

The concept of Zero Waste, Costello, Christine, 2019

Exploring the potential for riparian marginal lands to enhance ecosystem services and bioenergy production, Costello, Christine, Ayoub, Nasser, 2019

A Comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Household Food Choices
Food Policy, Boehm, Rebecca, Wilde, Parke E., Ver Ploeg, Michele, Costello, Christine, Cash, Sean B., 2018

Assessing long-term hydrological impact of climate change using an ensemble approach and comparison with global gridded model-A case study on Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed
Water (Switzerland), Gautam, Sagar, Costello, Christine, Baffaut, Claire, Thompson, Allen, Svoma, Bohumil M., Phung, Quang A., Sadler, Edward J., 2018

Challenges and Opportunities for Regional Nutrient Accounting in Life Cycle Assessment, Niblick, B, Costello, Christine, Algren, M, Bare, J, Compton, J, Eranki, P, Golden, H, Hawkins, T, Henderson, A, Morelli, B, Xue, X, Landis, A, 2018

Demonstration of Enhanced Net Anthropogenic Nitrogen and Phosphorus Input Models for Estimating Commodity-specific and System-wide Agricultural Nitrogen and Phosphorus Flows, Algren, M, Landis, A, Costello, Christine, 2018

Achieving sustainability beyond zero waste: A case study from a college football stadium
Sustainability (Switzerland), Costello, Christine, McGarvey, Ronald G., Birisci, Esma, 2017

Robust optimization evaluation of reliance on locally produced foods
Environment Systems and Decisions, Dundar, Bayram, Costello, Christine, McGarvey, Ronald G., 2017

Waste Audit and Evaluation of Alternative Waste Management Options at a College Football Stadium
Sustainability, Costello, Christine, Birisci, Esma, McGarvey, Ronald, 2017

Evaluation of mechanical scraper system finishing barn for solid-liquid separation, Brown, Joshua T., Lim, Teng T., Zulovich, Joseph, Costello, Christine, 2017

Robust Optimization Evaluation of Reliance on Locally Produced Foods
Environment Systems and Decisions, Dundar, Bayram, Costello, Christine, McGarvey, Ronald, 2016

Food waste in campus dining operations: Inventory of pre-and post-consumer mass by food category, and estimation of embodied greenhouse gas emissions
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, Costello, Christine, Birisci, Esma, McGarvey, Ronald G., 2016

Evaluation of the effect of climate and land use changes on hydrologic processes in the Salt River Basin, Missouri, United States., Phung, Quang, Allen, Thompson, Baffaut, Claire, Costello, Christine, Sadler, John, Lupo, Anthony, Svoma, Bohumil M., Gautam, Sagar, 2016