Abstract: This study presents a model of research in engineering based on strategies for knowledge management which aims to improve the relationship between the academy, the research and the enterprise in order to reduce the gap in the field of information and knowledge to strengthen the research in engineering. For this purpose, it was employed the complexity theory, applied to the academic research groups where it is expected to relate the features that are implicitly stated and they look for to provide common solutions to the problems presented in the current society, especially, in the implementation of the possible innovations (new or improved knowledge) found with the support of the public or private companies.