Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for University of Maryland, College Park Department of Materials Science and Engineering is a 20-PI network with 22 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Materials Science as the leading field (37% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), Electrical and Electronic Engineering as the leading subfield (18% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels), and Advancements in Battery Materials as the leading topic (7% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Liangbing Hu (65.1 weighted works; Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies). The strongest pairings are Eric D. Wachsman and Liangbing Hu (19 shared works, weight 10.4). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 13 internal connections, weight 37.7, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, led by Liangbing Hu, Siddhartha Das, Eric D. Wachsman.