Report summary

University of California, San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2018-2020 reads as a 50-PI network with 32 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (43% of slots across 42 PIs; 42 labels), Biomedical Engineering as the leading subfield (9% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels), and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies as the leading topic (3% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 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 (31.2 weighted works; Advanced Control Systems Optimization, Extremum Seeking Control Systems). The strongest pairings are Forman A. Williams and Antonio L. Sánchez (17 shared works, weight 9.3). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 21.9, around Computational Mechanics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Atmospheric Science, led by Sutanu Sarkar, Forman A. Williams, Juan C. del Álamo.