Report summary

University of Wisconsin–madison Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in 2015-2017 reads as a 27-PI network with 37 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (26% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), Biomedical Engineering as the leading subfield (11% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), and Biofuel production and bioconversion as the leading topic (6% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 14 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Christos T. Maravelias (27 weighted works; Process Optimization and Integration, Biofuel production and bioconversion); George W. Huber (24.6 weighted works; Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies). The strongest pairings are George W. Huber and James A. Dumesic (25 shared works, weight 11.9). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 7 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 34.3, around Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, led by Christos T. Maravelias, George W. Huber, Ive Hermans; group 2 with 5 PIs, 4 internal connections, weight 12.7, around Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, led by Nicholas L. Abbott, Sean P. Palecek, David M. Lynn.