Report summary

The 2021-2023 picture for University of Maryland, College Park Department of Mechanical Engineering is a 38-PI network with 20 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (47% of slots across 34 PIs; 34 labels), Electrical and Electronic Engineering as the leading subfield (10% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels), and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research as the leading topic (2% of slots across 2 PIs; 2 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The leading PI names are Siddhartha Das (28.8 weighted works; Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies). The clearest collaboration lines are Jelena Srebric and Shengwei Zhu (12 shared works, weight 6.6). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 4 PIs, 3 internal connections, weight 9.9, around Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Surgery, led by Hosam K. Fathy, Jin‐Oh Hahn, Zahra Nozarijouybari.