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The University of Texas at Austin Department of Physics in 2015-2017 reads as a 34-PI network with 14 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (41% of slots across 24 PIs; 24 labels), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as the leading subfield (19% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates as the leading topic (6% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). That is of concern for a 34-PI roster; the strongest pairings may be carrying much of the visible collaboration. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Vernita Gordon (11.8 weighted works; Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Antibiotic Use and Resistance); Gennady Shvets (10.6 weighted works; Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications, Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research). The strongest pairings are S. M. Mahajan and Manasvi Lingam (3 shared works, weight 3). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 11.7, around Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, led by Gennady Shvets, Xiaoqin Li, Chih‐Kang Shih.