Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for Cornell University School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is a 30-PI network with 11 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (31% of slots across 19 PIs; 19 labels), Mechanical Engineering as the leading subfield (8% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels), and Climate Change and Geoengineering as the leading topic (3% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). That is a thin collaboration pattern, useful for spotting individual pairs but less persuasive as a broad departmental network. The leading PI names are Lawrence J. Bonassar (17.2 weighted works; Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Tendon Structure and Treatment). The clearest collaboration lines are Daniele Visioni and Douglas G. MacMartin (12 shared works, weight 3.5). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 6 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 2.4, around Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, led by Zhiting Tian, Robert F. Shepherd, Nikolaos Bouklas.