Report summary

Boston University Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2018-2020 reads as a 30-PI network with 20 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Engineering as the leading field (40% of slots across 22 PIs; 22 labels), Biomedical Engineering as the leading subfield (19% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), and Advanced Materials and Mechanics as the leading topic (4% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). Overall the pattern is balanced: there is enough structure to identify active groups, while the field mix still leaves room for multiple research identities. The leading PI names are Keith A. Brown (14.5 weighted works; Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques). The most visible ties are Uday B. Pal and Soumendra N. Basu (13 shared works, weight 5.8). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 8.2, around Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, led by Keith A. Brown, Sean B. Andersson, Tommaso Ranzani.