Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for Texas A&m University Department of Mechanical Engineering is a 66-PI network with 44 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (53% of slots across 62 PIs; 62 labels), Mechanical Engineering as the leading subfield (12% of slots across 21 PIs; 21 labels), and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials as the leading topic (3% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). The specialization is notable and potentially attractive, with the caveat that adjacent fields may have fewer local peers. The leading PI names are J. N. Reddy (32.5 weighted works; Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures, Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization). The clearest collaboration lines are Abhay Patil and Gerald L. Morrison (13 shared works, weight 10.3); İbrahim Karaman and Raymundo Arróyave (23 shared works, weight 9.5). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 7 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 24.2, around Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, led by J. N. Reddy, İbrahim Karaman, Raymundo Arróyave.