Report summary

For University of Colorado Boulder Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2024-2026, the graph shows 22 visible PIs and 11 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (33% of slots across 16 PIs; 16 labels), Biomedical Engineering as the leading subfield (12% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), and Advanced ceramic materials synthesis as the leading topic (3% of slots across 2 PIs; 2 labels). The network looks reasonably well-rounded, with visible collaboration groups but not so much concentration that one field explains the whole department. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Franck J. Vernerey (10.9 weighted works; Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials). The clearest collaboration lines are Gregory B. Rieker and Peter E. Hamlington (2 shared works, weight 1.1); Robert MacCurdy and Kaushik Jayaram (2 shared works, weight 1.1). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 5 PIs, 4 internal connections, weight 2.8, around Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, led by Yifu Ding, Rong Long, Robert MacCurdy; group 2 with 5 PIs, 5 internal connections, weight 3.1, around Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, led by Marina E. Vance, Gregory B. Rieker, Michael Hannigan.