Report summary

University of California, San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2015-2017 reads as a 43-PI network with 22 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (46% of slots across 36 PIs; 36 labels), Materials Chemistry as the leading subfield (9% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels), and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows as the leading topic (3% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). Overall the pattern is balanced: there is enough structure to identify active groups, while the field mix still leaves room for multiple research identities. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Miroslav Krstić (32.4 weighted works; Stability and Controllability of Differential Equations, Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering); Marc A. Meyers (26.8 weighted works; Silk-based biomaterials and applications, Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition). The strongest pairings are Marc A. Meyers and Joanna McKittrick (9 shared works, weight 5). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 15, around Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, led by Marc A. Meyers, Vlado A. Lubarda, Carlos F.M. Coimbra.