Report summary

The 2021-2023 picture for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering is a 46-PI network with 80 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (37% of slots across 34 PIs; 34 labels), Materials Chemistry as the leading subfield (19% of slots across 22 PIs; 22 labels), and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials as the leading topic (4% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 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 Ju Li (60.9 weighted works; Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies). The strongest pairings are Juejun Hu and Tian Gu (62 shared works, weight 26). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 22.5, around Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, led by Ju Li, Bilge Yildiz, Caroline A. Ross; group 2 with 7 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 54.8, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, led by Juejun Hu, Tian Gu, Anu Agarwal.