Report summary

Pennsylvania State University Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2024-2026 reads as a 48-PI network with 28 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (47% of slots across 41 PIs; 41 labels), Materials Chemistry as the leading subfield (10% of slots across 12 PIs; 12 labels), and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies as the leading topic (3% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). Overall the pattern is balanced: there is enough structure to identify active groups, while the field mix still leaves room for multiple research identities. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Allison M. Beese (16 weighted works; Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, High Entropy Alloys Studies). The strongest pairings are Aman Haque and Gongyuan Liu (4 shared works, weight 3.1). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 8.3, around Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, led by Amrita Basak, Guha Manogharan, Herschel C. Pangborn; group 2 with 8 PIs, 7 internal connections, weight 6.3, around Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Safety Research, led by Adri C. T. van Duin, Catherine Berdanier, Scarlett R. Miller.