Report summary

The 2021-2023 picture for Texas A&m University Department of Mechanical Engineering is a 58-PI network with 36 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (46% of slots across 52 PIs; 52 labels), Biomedical Engineering as the leading subfield (9% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies as the leading topic (3% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Andreas A. Polycarpou (29.2 weighted works; Tribology and Wear Analysis, Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research). The strongest pairings are James C. Thomas and Eric L. Petersen (15 shared works, weight 11.8). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 7 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 11.3, around Mechanics of Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, led by J. N. Reddy, Ying Li, M. Cynthia Hipwell.