Christine Costello, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Agricultural Engineering Building, Rm 201
University Park, PA 16802
- Email chriscostello@psu.edu
Areas of Expertise
- Industrial Ecology
- Ethical Decision Making
- Life Cycle Analysis
Publications
Finding synergies between agroecology and industrial ecology toward sustainable agricultural systems
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Costello, Christine, 2024
Decision Support Frameworks in Solid Waste Management: A Systematic Review of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making with Sustainability and Social Indicators
Sustainability, Gutierrez-Lopez, Jenny, McGarvey, Ronald G., Costello, Christine, Hall, Damon M., 2023
Impacts of historical droughts on maize and soybean production in the southeastern United States
Agricultural Water Management, Nguyen, Hai, Thompson, Allen, Costello, Christine, 2023
Potential of existing strategies to reduce net anthropogenic inputs of phosphorus to land in the United States
Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, Algren, Mikaela, Burke, Tierra Tisby, Chowdhury, Zia Uddin Md, Costello, Christine, Landis, Amy E., 2023
Spatial optimization of nutrient recovery from dairy farms to support economically viable load reductions in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Agricultural Systems, Femeena, P. V., Pandara Valappil, Femeena, Costello, C., Brennan, R. A., 2023
A MONTE-CARLO METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF PLASTICS RECYCLING SYSTEMS USING HISTORICAL PRICING, Nandimandalam, Hariteja, Costello, Christine, Mendis, Gamini P., 2023
Proceedings - U.S.A. Agroecology Summit 2023, Neher, Deborah, Anderson, Colin, Basche, Andrea, Costello, Christine, Hendrickson, Mary, Maxwell, Bruce, Roman-Alcalá, Antonio, Striet Krug, Aubrey, Tracy, William, Méndez, Ernesto, Horner, Catherine, Anderzén, Janica, 2023
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
Considering the role of life cycle analysis in holistic food systems research, policy, and practice
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Berardy, Andrew, Seager, Thomas, Costello, C, Wharton, Christopher, 2020
Using Public Deliberation and Environmental Issues Forums to Achieve the 2030 Goals for Sustainable Development: A Case Study in Missouri, USA, Li, Christine Jie, Costello, Christine, Thuston, Sara, Simmons, Bora, 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
Systematic Application of a Quantitative Definition of Marginal Lands in Estimating Biomass Energy Potential in the Missouri/Mississippi River Corridor
Biofuels, Ayoub, Nasser, Costello, Christine, Jose, Shibu, 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
Systematic application of a quantitative definition of marginal lands in estimating biomass energy potential in the Missouri/Mississippi River Corridor
Biofuels, Ayoub, Nasser, Costello, Christine, Jose, Shibu, 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, 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
Comparison of production-phase environmental impact metrics derived at the farm- and national-scale for United States agricultural commodities
Environmental Research Letters, Costello, Christine, Xue, Xiaobo, Howarth, Robert W., 2015