Report summary

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 2024-2026 reads as a 49-PI network with 49 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Engineering as the leading field (34% of slots across 34 PIs; 34 labels), Materials Chemistry as the leading subfield (20% of slots across 24 PIs; 24 labels), and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies as the leading topic (5% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 19 PIs across distinct clusters. The leading PI names are Ju Li (32.1 weighted works; Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Advancements in Battery Materials). The most visible ties are Frances M. Ross and Julian Klein (9 shared works, weight 5). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 21.1, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, led by Ju Li, Yang Shao‐Horn, Bilge Yildiz.