Report summary

Princeton University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2018-2020 reads as a 37-PI network with 36 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (27% of slots across 21 PIs; 21 labels), Computational Mechanics as the leading subfield (10% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels), and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies as the leading topic (5% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 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 Emily A. Carter (36.2 weighted works; Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques); Howard A. Stone (28.1 weighted works; Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions, Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies). The strongest pairings are Mikhail N. Shneider and Richard B. Miles (12 shared works, weight 6.6). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 16.4, around Materials Chemistry, Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, led by Emily A. Carter, Howard A. Stone, Craig B. Arnold.