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University of Washington Department of Physics in 2015-2017 reads as a 37-PI network with 10 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (35% of slots across 23 PIs; 23 labels), Nuclear and High Energy Physics as the leading subfield (20% of slots across 16 PIs; 16 labels), and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies as the leading topic (10% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels). That is of concern for a 37-PI roster; the strongest pairings may be carrying much of the visible collaboration. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Xiaodong Xu (11.3 weighted works; 2D Materials and Applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications); Arka Majumdar (11.2 weighted works; Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies). The strongest pairings are Xiaodong Xu and John R. Schaibley (12 shared works, weight 7.5); Jens H. Gundlach and Henry Brinkerhoff (12 shared works, weight 6.6). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 4 PIs, 5 internal connections, weight 14, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, led by Xiaodong Xu, Arka Majumdar, John R. Schaibley; group 2 with 4 PIs, 3 internal connections, weight 5.5, around Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, led by Silas R. Beane, T. J. Hobbs, Gerald A. Miller.