Report summary

The 2021-2023 picture for University of Wisconsin–madison Department of Engineering Physics is a 21-PI network with 18 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (44% of slots across 16 PIs; 16 labels), Materials Chemistry as the leading subfield (20% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels), and Fusion materials and technologies as the leading topic (6% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Ramathasan Thevamaran (14.5 weighted works; Carbon Nanotubes in Composites, Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics). The strongest pairings are Adrien Couet and Kumar Sridharan (12 shared works, weight 6.2). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 21.8, around Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, led by Ramathasan Thevamaran, Izabela Szlufarska, Dan J. Thoma.