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For The University of Texas at Austin Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2024-2026, the graph shows 23 visible PIs and 11 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (50% of slots across 18 PIs; 18 labels), Electrical and Electronic Engineering as the leading subfield (15% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels), and Advanced Battery Technologies Research as the leading topic (7% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). That looks relatively sparse, so claims about department-wide cohesion should be made carefully. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Yuebing Zheng (17.2 weighted works; Micro and Nano Robotics, Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics). The clearest collaboration lines are Michael R. Haberman and Ofodike A. Ezekoye (5 shared works, weight 2.3); Wei Li and Dongmei Chen (4 shared works, weight 2.2). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 7 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 4.5, around Automotive Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, led by Yijin Liu, N. R. Aluru, Yuanyue Liu.