Report summary

University of Illinois Chicago Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in 2021-2023 reads as a 34-PI network with 31 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Engineering as the leading field (44% of slots across 28 PIs; 28 labels), Electrical and Electronic Engineering as the leading subfield (9% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels), and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies as the leading topic (4% 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 leading PI names are Reza Shahbazian‐Yassar (28.5 weighted works; High Entropy Alloys Studies, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies); Alexander L. Yarin (27.9 weighted works; Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications). The most visible ties are Farzad Mashayek and Vitaliy Yurkiv (16 shared works, weight 6.5). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 27.5, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, led by Reza Shahbazian‐Yassar, Alexander L. Yarin, Constantine M. Megaridis.