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INCOSE Seminar: Systems engineering energy transitions related to climate change, national security INCOSE Critical Infrastructure Protection and Recovery Working Group Virtual Monthly Meeting Systems Engineering for Energy Transitions in the Context of Climate Change and National Security: A Systematic Literature Review Join Zoom Meeting Michael Blose Erika Palmer Abstract We used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) methodological framework and Web of Science for conducting the systematic literature review. In total, 52 papers were included after inclusion criteria were met, which were in two thematic groups - those with (Group 2) and without (Group 3) an engineering approach. Evaluation and synthesis were conducted according to the PRISMA framework by the authors to manage bias. We found that the papers foundationally approached energy transitions from either the standpoint of combating climate change or from that of energy security. The outcome was generally the same – successful energy transitions are predicated on top-down policy solutions. Biographies His career began as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. He has deployed on no notice as part of the Global Response Force (GRF) to Kuwait and was additionally sent to Colombia for a Demonstration of Forces Exercise (DFE). He graduated from elite training programs and served as a Jump Master. He then transitioned to become a private military contractor while serving in the Army reserves. He currently works as a Senior Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton and serves as a Civil Affairs Team Sergeant in the Army Reserves regionally aligned to AFRICOM. He holds a BSBA in Finance and Economics from the University of Arkansas, an MA in Military History from Norwich University, an MBA in Business Analytics & Machine Learning from Babson College, and graduate certificates from the Naval Postgraduate School and the Air Force Institute of Technology. He was a Don Lavoie Fellow in Political Economy at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Lastly, he is studying towards a Doctorate in Economics and Data Analysis at Claremont Graduate University. Erika K. Palmer is a transdisciplinary social/sociotechnical systems engineer who brings diverse disciplines into the systems engineering community through her research and teaching. Palmer received her Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Social Policy from the University of Bergen (Norway), where she brought systems engineering tools to the world of social systems in a radical collaborative environment with social scientists and humanities scholars – resulting in high policy impact with research outcomes integrating with policy-making platforms. She is the founder and chair of the Social Systems Working Group (SocWG) at the International Council for Systems Engineering (INCOSE). Palmer is also the Americas lead for Empowering Women Leaders in Systems Engineering (EWLSE) at INCOSE and represents Cornell on INCOSE’s Academic Council. Palmer will be spearheading the sociotechnical systems focus area in Cornell’s Systems Engineering Program. Palmer’s research has put her at the forefront of bringing the social sciences into systems engineering. Through radical collaboration, Palmer’s labs have fostered transdisciplinary innovation to address societal challenges in areas such as public policy, agriculture and critical infrastructure. With her move to the Cornell Systems Engineering Program, Palmer will collaborate with both students and faculty on stakeholder-centric research aimed towards high societal impact. This research requires diverse disciplinary involvement, especially from the social sciences and the humanities. Palmer therefore welcomes and encourages inquiries from across Cornell, as well as from anyone interested in social/sociotechnical approaches in engineering.
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