Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for University of Florida Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is a 84-PI network with 79 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (42% of slots across 68 PIs; 68 labels), Aerospace Engineering as the leading subfield (9% of slots across 20 PIs; 20 labels), and Energetic Materials and Combustion as the leading topic (2% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The leading PI names are S. J. Pearton (98.4 weighted works; Ga2O3 and related materials, ZnO doping and properties). The clearest collaboration lines are Thomas E. Angelini and W. Gregory Sawyer (34 shared works, weight 16.9); Nam Ho Kim and Raphael T. Haftka (38 shared works, weight 16.9). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 55.4, around Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, led by S. Balachandar, Ghatu Subhash, Douglas E. Spearot; group 2 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 30.6, around Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics, led by Warren E. Dixon, S. S. Mehta, Prabir Barooah.