Report summary

For Boston University Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2015-2017, the graph shows 26 visible PIs and 11 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (48% of slots across 22 PIs; 22 labels), Biomedical Engineering as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels), and Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells as the leading topic (4% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). That looks relatively sparse, so claims about department-wide cohesion should be made carefully. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Harold S. Park (10.9 weighted works; Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, 2D Materials and Applications); Jillian L. Goldfarb (9.9 weighted works; Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, Biodiesel Production and Applications). The clearest collaboration lines are Soumendra N. Basu and Srikanth Gopalan (11 shared works, weight 5.2); Soumendra N. Basu and Uday B. Pal (11 shared works, weight 5.2). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 4 PIs, 3 internal connections, weight 2.2, around Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Computational Theory and Mathematics, led by Christos G. Cassandras, Călin Belta, J. Gregory McDaniel.