Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Pennsylvania State University Department of Mechanical Engineering is a 100-PI network with 155 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (49% of slots across 87 PIs; 87 labels), Mechanical Engineering as the leading subfield (11% of slots across 28 PIs; 28 labels), and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies as the leading topic (3% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 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 Adri C. T. van Duin (107.3 weighted works; Graphene research and applications, 2D Materials and Applications). The strongest pairings are Scarlett R. Miller and Jason Z. Moore (46 shared works, weight 25.3); Karen A. Thole and Reid A. Berdanier (56 shared works, weight 23.6). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 116.6, around Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, led by Allison M. Beese, Scarlett R. Miller, Catherine Berdanier.