Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Chemical Engineering is a 116-PI network with 274 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (26% of slots across 61 PIs; 61 labels), Biomedical Engineering as the leading subfield (10% of slots across 29 PIs; 29 labels), and Advancements in Battery Materials as the leading topic (3% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The top weighted PIs are Richard D. Braatz (122.6 weighted works; Fault Detection and Control Systems, Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects); Heather J. Kulik (116.3 weighted works; Machine Learning in Materials Science, Computational Drug Discovery Methods). The strongest pairings are Róbert Langer and Daniel G. Anderson (103 shared works, weight 43.6); Giovanni Traverso and Róbert Langer (74 shared works, weight 38). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 65, around Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, led by Heather J. Kulik, Yang Shao‐Horn, Mircea Dincă.