Watch recordings from both days of the Scaling Research Capacity Symposium: Reducing Barriers & Advancing Research Productivity, held October 23–24, 2026, at Patriots’ Casa at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Hosted by Texas A&M AgriLife Center for Managed Technology Services (CMTS) and Texas A&M University-San Antonio, this free hybrid event connected researchers, campus leaders, technology professionals and partners from across The Texas A&M University System. Presentations explored shared professional services for research, including CMTS’s service-block model, cost recovery, continuity, security and compliance. Research examples included ESPADA’s interdisciplinary work and public outreach, along with critical mineral recovery and electrochemical separation. The System-level presentation addressed research partnerships, shared capabilities, proposal support and ways to measure the value of collaboration. The recordings are relevant to faculty, staff, administrators, students and others who support research programs. Use the playlist link to browse sessions from both days.
Topics covered
- Shared research services, CMTS’s Service Block model and sustainable research support
- ESPADA REU: student access, community partnerships and public research storytelling
- Critical mineral recovery through electrochemical separation
- Research computing, reliable backups and long-running analyses
- System-wide collaboration, shared expertise and research development
Presenters
Tim RamseyDirectorTexas A&M AgriLife Center for Managed Technology Services (CMTS)
Muhammad Hassan, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of ChemistryDepartment of Natural Sciences, Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Sharmila Pathikonda, Ph.D.Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Director for Research DevelopmentThe Texas A&M University System
Davida Smyth, Ph.D.Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Ashley Teuful, Ph.D.Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Guido Verbeck, Ph.D.
