Research

Makowski, V., Byne, W., Flite, O., Hauger, A., Herndon, E., Lau, N., Leavins, M., & Reichmuth, J. (2026). Stream-ing Success: Engineering a Low-Cost, Remote Water Monitoring System. [Publication; not peer-reviewed] The Georgia Operator, Summer 2026 Issue.

Leavins, M., Herndon, E., Lau, N., Makowski, V., Hauger, J., & Reichmuth, J. (2026, July 31). DOpTC: Low-Cost Water Quality Monitoring [Oral presentation]. Augusta Utilities 2026 End of Summer Research Presentations, Augusta, GA, United States.

Leavins, M., Herndon, E., Lau, N., Makowski, V., Hauger, J., & Reichmuth, J. (2026, March 22 - 26). (2026, April 17) DOpTC: A Low-Cost Remote Water Quality Monitoring System. [Poster session]. ACS 2026 Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA, United States. AU URFA 2026 Conference, Augusta, GA, United States. https://www.acs.org/events/acs-meetings/past-meetings.html https://www.augusta.edu/curs/urfa/

Makowski, V., Herndon, E., & Reichmuth, J. (2025, November 9 - 13). One fish, two fish, more fish? Are channel closures positively impacting Satilla River fish assemblages? [Poster session]. CERF 2025 Biennial Conference, Richmond, VA, United States. https://conference.cerf.science/

Herndon, E., Lau, N., Leavins, M., Makowski, V., Hauger, J., & Reichmuth, J. (2025, November 4 - 5). (2026, February 7). Low-Cost Remote Water Quality Monitoring (DOpTC). [Oral presentation]. GAWP 2025 Fall Conference & Expo, Athens, GA, United States. Satilla Science Dover Bluff Community Update & Outreach. https://www.gawp.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1994419

Herndon, E., Lau, N., Leavins, M., Makowski, V., Hauger, J., & Reichmuth, J. (2025, July 30). DOpTC: Low-Cost Water Quality Monitoring [Oral presentation]. Augusta Utilities 2025 End of Summer Research Presentations, Augusta, GA, United States.

Makowski, V. & Bennetts, S. (2025, April 8). (2025, May 27 - 30). Chlorolasts From the Past: Digitizing Augusta Universitys Herbarium. [Poster session]. AU URFA 2025 Conference, Augusta, GA, United States. SPNHC 2025 Convention, Lawrence, KS, United States. https://www.augusta.edu/curs/urfa/index.php https://spnhc2025.ku.edu/

Cooke, W., Herndon, E., Leavins, M., Makowski, V., Wilcher, A., Byne, W., & Flite, O., Hauger, J., & Reichmuth, J. (2025, April 8). DOpTC: A Low-Cost Water Quality Monitoring System. [Oral presentation]. AU URFA 2025 Conference, Augusta, GA, United States. https://www.augusta.edu/curs/urfa/index.php

Makowski, V., & Reichmuth, J. (2025, March 6-8). Specs of Speckled Crabs: Observations of why speckled crabs may not be good laboratory specimens. [Poster session]. SEERS 2025 Convention, Fort Pierce, FL, United States. https://seers.org/meeting-history/2023-spring-2-2/

Herndon, E., Leavins, M., Makowski, V., Wilcher, A., Hauger, J., & Reichmuth, J. (2024, August 16). Remote Water Quality Monitoring [Oral presentation]. Augusta Utilities 2024 End of Summer Research Presentations, Augusta, GA, United States.

Blumling, E., Ekechukwu, J., Makowski, V., & Reichmuth, J. (2024, March 21 - 23). Comparing microplastic tolerance & behaviors of male sand fiddler crabs, Uca pugilator, from Hunting Island & Tybee Island: The Crustacean Weight Watchers. [Poster session]. SEERS 2024 Convention, Savannah, GA, United States. https://seers.org/meeting-history/2023-spring-2/