Report summary

For Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2018-2020, the graph shows 24 visible PIs and 6 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (40% of slots across 18 PIs; 18 labels), Aerospace Engineering as the leading subfield (12% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), and Air Traffic Management and Optimization as the leading topic (6% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). That looks relatively sparse, so claims about department-wide cohesion should be made carefully. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Brian L. Wardle (19.7 weighted works; Carbon Nanotubes in Composites, Graphene research and applications). The clearest collaboration lines are Sebastian D. Eastham and Steven R. H. Barrett (13 shared works, weight 8.5). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 6 PIs, 5 internal connections, weight 2.9, around Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Control and Systems Engineering, led by Edward F. Crawley, Sara Seager, Kerri Cahoy.