Report summary

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2024-2026 reads as a 8-PI network with 2 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (60% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels), Ocean Engineering as the leading subfield (20% of slots across 2 PIs; 2 labels), and Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure as the leading topic (8% of slots across 1 PIs; 1 labels). That is of concern for a 8-PI roster; the strongest pairings may be carrying much of the visible collaboration. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Leonardo P. Chamorro (4.3 weighted works; Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes). The strongest pairings are Hyunhwa Kim and Eleftheria Kontou (1 shared works, weight 1). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 2 PIs, 1 internal connections, weight 1, around Civil and Structural Engineering, Ocean Engineering, led by Billie F. Spencer, Omobolaji Lawal.