Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for University of Maryland, College Park Department of Materials Science and Engineering is a 22-PI network with 25 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (40% of slots across 18 PIs; 18 labels), Electrical and Electronic Engineering as the leading subfield (15% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels), and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies as the leading topic (8% 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 top weighted PIs are Liangbing Hu (108 weighted works; Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies). The strongest pairings are Liangbing Hu and Teng Li (19 shared works, weight 10). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 29.4, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, led by Liangbing Hu, Eric D. Wachsman, Yifei Mo.