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Dr. Tom Costello

Associate Professor
Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Office: ENGR 224
Phone: (479) 575-2847
Fax: (479) 575-2846
E-mail: tac@uark.edu

Education

  • B.S., Agricultural Engineering, University of Missouri
  • M.S., Agricultural Engineering, University of Missouri
  • Ph.D., Engineering Science, Louisiana State University

Teaching and Research

  • Animal waste management and water quality
  • Controlled interior environments of poultry and livestock

Biographical Information

Faculty positions

1992 - present
Associate Professor
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
University of Arkansas


1986-1992
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
University of Arkansas

 

Awards

Texas Instrument Student Service Award [1996,1997,1998]
Halliburton Outstanding Teaching Award [1994]

Memberships

American Society of Agricultural Engineers
- Past Chairman SE-30 (Environmental Group)
- Past Chairman SE-301 (Environmental Physiological Committee)
- Past Chairman SE-06 (Paper Awards Committee)
- Past Chair, Arkansas Section
- Member SE-412 (Agricultural Waste Management Committee)
- Member SE-405 (Poultry Structures Committee)

Professional Engineer, State of Arkansas, 1991

Honorary Organizations:
- Tau Beta Pi
- Alpha Epsilon
- Gamma Sigma Delta

Selected Publications

  • P. A. Counce, D. R. Gealy, T. C. Keisling, and T. A. Costello. 2000. Weed levels did not alter rice grain yield response to nitrogen. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 31(15 & 16): 2607-2615.
  • Brewer, S. K., and T. A. Costello. 1999. "In-situ measurement of ammonia volatilization from broiler litter using an enclosed air chamber". Transactions of ASAE 42:1415-1422.
  • Srivastava, P., T. A. Costello, D. R. Edwards, and J. A. Ferguson. 1998. "Validating a vegetative filter strip performance model". Transactions of ASAE 41(1):89-95.
  • VanDevender, K. W., T. A. Costello, and R. J. Smith, Jr. 1997. "A model of rice (Oryza sativa) yield reduction as a function of weed interference". Weed SCI 45:218-224.
  • Casady, W. W., N. Singh, and T. A. Costello. 1996. "Machine vision for measurement of rice canopy dimensions." Transactions of ASAE 39(5):1891-1898.
  • Singh, N., W. W. Casady, and T. A. Costello. 1996. "Machine vision based nitrogen management models for rice." Transactions of ASAE 39(5):1899-1904.
  • Srivastava, P., D. R. Edwards, T. C. Daniel, P. A. Moore Jr., and T. A. Costello. 1996. "Performance of vegetative filter strips with varying pollutant source and filter strip lengths." Transactions of ASAE 39(6):2231-2239
  • Srivastava, P., T. A. Costello, and D. R. Edwards. 1996. "Technical note: a direct, approximate solution to the modified Green--Ampt equation". Transactions of ASAE 39(4):1411-1413.
  • Lu, R., T. J. Siebenmorgen, T. A. Costello and E. O. Fryar. 1995. "Effect of rice moisture content at harvest on economic return". Applied Engr. In Agric. 11(5):685-690.
  • Xin, H., I. L. Berry and T. A. Costello. 1994. "A computerized measurement and data acquisition system for field poultry research". Comput. Electron. Agric. 11:143-156.
  • Chai, K. L., T. A. Costello, B. R. Wells and R. J. Norman. 1994. "Expert system for fertilization management of rice." Applied Engr. In Agric. 10(6):849-855.
  • VanDevender, K. W., T. A. Costello, J. A. Ferguson, B. A. Huey, N. A. Slaton, R. J. Smith, Jr. and R. S. Helms. 1994. "Weed management support system for rice producers." Applied Engr. In Agric. 10(4):573-578.
  • Lu, R., T. J. Siebenmorgen, R. H. Dilday and T. A. Costello. 1992. "Modeling long-grain rice milling quality and yield during the harvest season." Trans. of ASAE 35(6):1905-1913.
  • Costello, T. A. 1992. "A Reply to Calder's Comment on Short Duration Rainfall Intensity Measured Using Calibrated Time-of-Tip Data From a Tipping Bucket Raingage." Agric. and For. Meteorol. 61(1992):305-306.
  • Costello, T. A., and H. J. Williams, Jr. 1991. "Short Duration Rainfall Intensity Measured Using Calibrated Time-of-Tip Data From a Tipping Bucket Raingage." Agric. And For. Meteorol. 57:146-155.
  • Costello, T. A., and I. L. Berry. 1991. "Control Algorithms for an Aspirated Psychrometer." Applied Engr. In Agric. 7(6):767-770.
  • Costello, T. A., and W. J. Horst. 1991. "Soil Temperature Sensor Installation: A Comparison of Two Methods." Trans. of the ASAE 34(3):904-908.
  • Costello, T. A., I. L. Berry and R. C. Benz. 1991. "A Fan-Actuated Mechanism for Controlled Exposure of a Psychrometer Wet Bulb Sensor to a Dusty Environment." Applied Engr. In Agric. 7(4):473-477.
  • Cahoon, J. E., T. A. Costello and J. A. Ferguson. 1991. "Estimating Pan Evaporation Using Limited Meteorological Observations." Agric. And Forest Meteorol. 55:181-190.
  • Costello, T. A., J. L. Costello, K. W. VanDevender, and J. A. Ferguson. 1991. "Spreadsheet-Based User-Interface for a Crop Model." Comput. Electron. Agric. 5:315-325.
  • Costello, T. A., and H. J. Braud, Jr. 1988. "Thermal Diffusivity of Soil by Nonlinear Regression Analysis of Soil Temperature Data. Trans. of the ASAE 32(4):1281-1286.
  • Costello, T. A., N. F. Meador, and M. D. Shanklin. 1984. "CO2 Compared to SF6 as an Air Infiltration Tracer." Trans. of the ASAE 27(3):844-846.

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