Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for University of Wisconsin–madison Department of Mechanical Engineering is a 22-PI network with 7 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (61% of slots across 22 PIs; 22 labels), Computational Mechanics as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels), and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies as the leading topic (6% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). That is a thin collaboration pattern, useful for spotting individual pairs but less persuasive as a broad departmental network. The leading PI names are Lih‐Sheng Turng (41.7 weighted works; Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties). The clearest collaboration lines are Frank E. Pfefferkorn and Michael Zinn (7 shared works, weight 3.9); John Pfotenhauer and Franklin G. Miller (10 shared works, weight 3.3). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 3 PIs, 2 internal connections, weight 1.1, around Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, led by Darryl G. Thelen, Dan Negruţ, Tim A. Osswald; group 2 with 3 PIs, 2 internal connections, weight 4.4, around Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, led by Frank E. Pfefferkorn, Michael Zinn, Sangkee Min.