TY - JOUR T1 - Embedded Master’s Students Conduct Highly Relevant Research Using Industry as Their Laboratory JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2019 A1 - Kristin Falk A1 - Gerrit Muller KW - action research KW - energy KW - experimental learning KW - industrial knowledge KW - industry as laboratory KW - innovations KW - knowledge transfer KW - lessons learned KW - master project KW - master’s students KW - participatory research KW - situated learning KW - systems engineering KW - systems of systems AB - This article analyzes participatory action research conducted by Systems Engineering master’s students embedded fifty percent in industrial companies for three years. The resulting papers authored by these students identify challenges and effective practices suitable for knowledge transfer between industry and academia. The analysis covers 181 completed master’s projects, with a detailed analysis of 40 papers that have been published in international conferences and journals. The publication rate of about 23% shows that these students contribute actively to the body of Systems Engineering knowledge. This study analyzes master’s projects at three levels – industrial problem and drivers; Systems Engineering methods; and research method feasibility – and provides valuable lessons learned by applying the industry-as-laboratory approach. Embedding students in industry has resulted in publications that do not suffer from the main challenges of participatory research such as delays, repeatability, and only action and not research. These insights are valuable both for industry and for academia in future work to enhance innovations. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 9 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1241 IS - 5 U1 - University College of Southeastern Norway Kristin Falk is an Associate Professor at University College of Southeastern Norway, where she is responsible for the Systems Engineering Energy track, and fronting research on Systems Engineering. Kristin holds a PhD in Petroleum Production and a Master’s in Industrial Mathematics, both from Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She has worked within the oil and gas industry for 20 years, both with major subsea suppliers and with small startups. She has worked in various roles within engineering and management, cooperating well with multidisciplinary teams. She has successfully taken products from research through qualification and commercialization, and she has led R&D projects both in industry and academia. Her current research focus is subsea architecture, safety, engineering communication, and innovation within the Systems Engineering framework. U2 - University College of Southeastern Norway Gerrit Muller, originally from the Netherlands, received his Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Amsterdam in 1979. He worked from 1980 until 1997 at Philips Medical Systems as a System Architect, followed by two years at ASML as Manager of Systems Engineering, returning to Philips (Research) in 1999. Since 2003, he has worked as Senior Research Fellow at the Embedded Systems Institute in Eindhoven, focusing on developing system architecture methods and the education of new system architects, receiving his doctorate in 2004. In January 2008, he became full Professor of Systems Engineering at University College of Southeast Norway in Kongsberg, Norway. He continues to work as a Senior Research Fellow at the Embedded Systems Innovations by TNO in Eindhoven in a part-time position. ER -