Report summary

Stanford University Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 2024-2026 reads as a 31-PI network with 38 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Engineering as the leading field (39% of slots across 24 PIs; 24 labels), Electrical and Electronic Engineering as the leading subfield (22% of slots across 16 PIs; 16 labels), and Advancements in Battery Materials as the leading topic (8% 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 Eric A. Appel (25.9 weighted works; Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses). The most visible ties are Yi Cui and X. R. Zheng (8 shared works, weight 3). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 9.3, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, led by William C. Chueh, Alberto Salleo, Guosong Hong.