Report summary

For University of Maryland, College Park Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2015-2017, the graph shows 41 visible PIs and 25 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (47% of slots across 36 PIs; 36 labels), Mechanical Engineering as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 13 PIs; 13 labels), and Heat Transfer and Optimization as the leading topic (4% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). The network looks reasonably well-rounded, with visible collaboration groups but not so much concentration that one field explains the whole department. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Ashwani K. Gupta (36.9 weighted works; Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies, Combustion and flame dynamics). The clearest collaboration lines are Reinhard Radermacher and Yunho Hwang (35 shared works, weight 12.1). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 11.8, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, led by Ashwani K. Gupta, Siddhartha Das, Michael Pecht.