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Ann D. Christy, Ph.D., P.E. Associate
Professor Telephone:
614.292.3171
Education Ph.D.,
Environmental Systems Engineering
Clemson University, August 1991
Specialization: Hydrogeology Dissertation
title: “Ground water vulnerability assessment and agricultural
chemical management policies in the South Carolina Piedmont.” M.S.,
Biomedical Engineering
The Ohio State University, December 1985
Specialization: Bioengineering / Bioremediation
Thesis title: “Models
of a biological process for mercury decontamination.” B.S.,
Agricultural Engineering
The Ohio State University, June 1983
Major
Fields of Specialization Primary
interests include solid and hazardous waste management, in-situ
bioremediation, hydrogeology, and glacial geomorphology. Research focus
is on landfills, specifically both why older
unlined landfills fail due to fractured subsurface materials and how to
engineer a sustainable bioreactor landfill that biologically treats
waste.
Professional
Registration and Certification
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Registered Professional Engineer (Civil Engineering), State of Ohio
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OSHA Certification: Health and Safety for Hazardous Waste Site
Operations (40-hr)
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OSHA Certification: Permit Required Confined Space Operations
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OSHA Certification: Excavation and Trench
Safety
Professional
Experience Associate
Professor of Bio-environmental Engineering, Department of Food,
Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH (2001-present).
Assistant
Professor of Bio-environmental Engineering, Department of Food,
Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH (1996-2001).
Senior
Associate Scientist And Engineer, Bennett and Williams Environmental
Consultants Inc., Columbus, OH (1999-present part-time).
Senior Engineer, Killam Associates Consulting Engineers, Millburn,
NJ (1992-1995 full time, 1996-1999 part-time).
Teaching CurriculumDesign
of Waste Management Systems (FABE
650): Rural, community, and on-site wastewater and waste engineering for
small or decentralized waste management systems. Pollution
Control and Waste Utilization (ACSM550): Management and utilization of
animal wastes, fertilizers, pesticides, crop residues, milk, and food
processing wastes, and farmstead and urban solid wastes to abate
environmental pollution at the urban-rural interface. Modeling
and Design of Biological Systems (FABE 625): Biological engineering of
systems which include microbial, plant, and animal components.
Applications include bioremediation, fermentation, composting,
and bioprocessing. Environmental
Controls for Agricultural Structures (FABE 645): Design of heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning systems for agricultural structures.
Extension
Program Barn
Again in Ohio: Restoring, renovating, and reutilizing historic
agricultural structures http://barnagain.osu.edu
Selected Recent PublicationsWeatherington-Rice,
Julie, and Ann D. Christy. 2002. Fracture and macropore flow in nutrient
/ pesticide transport to ground water and surface water. Ohio Journal of Science 102(1):
A-13-14. Hughes,
K.L., and A.D. Christy. 2002.
Biological engineering education and the biology knowledge explosion:
Lessons from biology educators. American
Society of Agricultural Engineers Annual Meeting.
ASAE Paper 02-7030. 8 p. Hughes,
Kerry L., Andy D. Ward, and Ann D. Christy. 2002. A new engineering
course closes the education gap in applying natural channel concepts to
engineering design. Ohio Journal
of Science 102(1):
A-34-35. Christy,
Ann D., and Julie Weatherington-Rice. 2001. Fractured glacial till sites
and soils in central Ohio. Ohio
Journal of Science 101(1):
A-24. Weatherington-Rice,
Julie, Carol Moody, Diane
Yagich, and Ann Christy. 2001. Filling in the gaps: Using mini-courses
to teach earth sciences needed for students’ successful completion of
interdisciplinary engineering design projects.
Ohio Journal of Science
101(1): A-30-31. Myers,
M.J., A.D. Christy, and O.H. Tuovinen.
2000. Design of a laboratory scale bioreactor for treating
landfill waste. Applied
Engineering in Agriculture 16(6):747-756. Christy,
A.D., L. A. McFarland, and D. Carey.
2000. The use of test pits to investigate subsurface fracturing
and glacial stratigraphy in tills and other unconsolidated materials.
Ohio Journal of Science 100(3/4):100-106. Christy,
A.D., and J. Weatherington-Rice. 2000. Field workshop on subsurface
fractures in glacial till and their environmental implications: An
educational experience for professionals and decision-makers.
Ohio Journal of Science 100(3/4):94-99. Weatherington-Rice,
J., A.D. Christy, and J. L. Forsyth.
2000. Ohio’s Fractured Environment. Ohio
Journal of Science 100(3/4):36-38. McMahon,
M., and A.D. Christy. 2000.
Root growth, calcite precipitation, and gas and water movement in
fractures and macropores: A review with field observations. Ohio
Journal of Science 100(3/4):88-93. Fausey,
N., G. Hall, J. Bigham, B. Allred, and A.D. Christy. 2000. Properties of
the Fractured Glacial Till at the Madison County, Ohio, Field Workshop
Pit Site. Ohio Journal of Science 100(3/4):107-112. Klingman, M.H., and A.D. Christy. 2000. Development of a continuous system for sanitizing whole apples with aqueous ozone. Transactions of the ASAE 43(6):1989-1996. Christy,
A.D., N.R. Fausey, B.J. Allred, G.F. Hall, and J.M. Bigham. 2000.
Hydraulic, physical, and chemical properties of fractured glacial till.
American Society of Agricultural Engineers Annual Meeting. ASAE Paper
00-2139. 6 p.
Weatherington-Rice,
J., L. Aller, T. Bennett, D. Hunter, N.R. Fausey, B.J. Allred, L. Tornes,
C.S. Brockman, M. Angle, G.F. Hall, A.D. Christy, J. Szabo, and B.
Lloyd-Hite. 2000. The use of long term, large scale pumping data to
determine the regional recharge rates through fractured till and
lacustrine materials. In Groundwater
Research, Rosbjerg et al. (eds.): Proceedings of the International
Conference on Groundwater Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, 6-8 June 2000.
AA Balkema: Rotterdam, Netherlands, pp. 515-516. Christy,
A.D. 2000. The biology of subsurface fractures: Roots, earthworms, and
calcite forming micro-organisms. A
conference on fractured glacial tills: Proceedings from the Water
Management Association of Ohio's Spring Conference, May 9, 2000 held
in Columbus, Ohio, published
by the Water Management Association of Ohio, pp.15. Christy,
A.D., M. Lima, and A.D. Ward. 2000. Implementing real-world problem
solving projects in a team setting. National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture
Journal 44(3):72-77. Cauble,
S., A.D. Christy, and M. Lima. 2000. Toward plugging the leaky pipeline:
Biological and agricultural engineering female faculty in the United
States and Canada. Journal of
Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 6(3):231-251. Lima,
M., A.D. Christy, M. Owens, and J.C. Papritan. 1999. The use of student
portfolios to enhance learning and encourage industrial ties in
undergraduate education. National Association of
Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal
43(3): 51-54. Christy,
A.D. and M. Lima. 1998. The
use of student portfolios in engineering instruction. Journal
of Engineering Education 87(2):
143-148. Weatherington-Rice,
J., L. Aller, T. Bennett, A.D. Christy, J. Bigham, G. Hall, M. Angle, S.
Brockman, E. Miller, L. Tornes, N. Fausey, and J. Gerken.
1998. Fractures in
high clay content unlithified glacial materials in Ohio: Where they are
found, how they are formed, and why they persist.
Proceedings: Mass Transport
in Fractured Aquifers and Aquitards
invitational conference, held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
pp. 66-69. Weatherington-Rice,
J., L. Aller, T. Bennett, A.D. Christy, J. Bigham, G. Hall, M. Angle, S.
Brockman, E. Miller, L. Tornes, N. Fausey, and J. Gerken.
1998. Research and
educational outreach efforts relating to fracture formation and
water/contaminant transport in Ohio.
Proceedings: Mass Transport in Fractured Aquifers and Aquitards
invitational conference, held in Copenhagen, Denmark. pp.
101-104. Papritan,
J.C., A.D. Christy, and M. Owens. 1998.
Barn
Aid 4: Barn Roofs. National
Trust for Historic Preservation. Meredith Press Corporation. Denver, CO.
8 p.
Awards2002 2001 OSU
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences 2001 2000 1999 1998 1992 1991
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