Report summary

The University of Texas at Austin Department of Chemical Engineering in 2015-2026 reads as a 49-PI network with 93 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (33% of slots across 30 PIs; 30 labels), Biomedical Engineering as the leading subfield (11% of slots across 13 PIs; 13 labels), and Advancements in Battery Materials as the leading topic (4% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 21 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are C. Buddie Mullins (128.6 weighted works; Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advancements in Battery Materials); Michael Bâldea (108.2 weighted works; Process Optimization and Integration, Advanced Control Systems Optimization). The strongest pairings are Benny D. Freeman and Donald R. Paul (59 shared works, weight 31.1). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 96.9, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, led by Benny D. Freeman, Delia J. Milliron, Venkat Ganesan; group 2 with 8 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 35.6, around Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Immunology, Molecular Biology, led by Jennifer A. Maynard, George Georgiou, Everett Stone.