Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for The Ohio State University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is a 119-PI network with 140 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (51% of slots across 98 PIs; 98 labels), Mechanical Engineering as the leading subfield (10% of slots across 26 PIs; 26 labels), and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows as the leading topic (4% of slots across 13 PIs; 13 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The leading PI names are Ryan L. Harne (50.2 weighted works; Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials); Marcelo J. Dapino (44.4 weighted works; Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes). The clearest collaboration lines are Datta V. Gaitonde and S. Unnikrishnan (26 shared works, weight 20.6). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 43, around Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, led by Ryan L. Harne, Marcelo J. Dapino, Soheil Soghrati.