Press Coverage

QuesTek has received considerable recognition by the press for its innovative products, technology and business model, such as:

  • “Design, Development and Application of New, High-Performance Gear Steels," Gear Technology, January/February 2010, pp. 46-53.
  • “New Corrosion-Resistant, Ultra-High-Strength Steel," Fastener Technology International, February 2010, pp. 68-69.
  • “Steel still king," SAE Off-Highway Engineering, March 2009, pp. 38-41.
  • The U.S. National Research Council identified QuesTek as one of only a few commercial firms utilizing Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) for Integrated Manufacturing, Materials and Component Design in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering: A Transformational Discipline for Improved Competitiveness and National Security, The National Academies Press, 2008. See http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309119995&page=52
  • “Computational Design for Ultra High-Strength Alloy," Advanced Materials and Processes, January 2008, pp. 37-40.
  • “Companies to Watch," Advanced Materials and Processes, July 2007, pp. 28-29.
  • One of “25 Breakout Companies," Fortune, May 16, 2005, p. 158.
  • “For Alloys Maker, Computer Modeling is the Key to Success," Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2005.
  • Eberhart, Mark E., Why Things Break: Understanding the World by the Way it Comes Apart. New York: Harmony Books, a division of Random House Inc., 2003.  See in particular Chapter 11 entitled “Inside Materials by Design."
  • “Forging the Dragonslayer," Wired, February 2001, pp. 136-143.
  • Olson, G.B., “Designing a New Material World," Science, Vol. 288, 12 May 2000, pp. 993-998.
  • “What’s Cooking in the Chem Labs?" Fortune, April 17, 2000, pp. 454[C] – 454[V].
  • “Computer Modeling Speeds Design of New Steel Alloys," Appliance Manufacturer, February 1999, p. 51.
  • “25 Winning Technologies," Industry Week, December 21, 1998.
  • “A Faster Track to Better Steels," Fortune, March 2, 1998, pp. 174[C] – 174[I].
  • “Steel stews may be next computer marvel," Chicago Tribune, January 8, 1998, Section 3, p. 4.
  • Amato, Ivan. Stuff: the Materials the World is Made of. New York: BasicBooks, a division of Harper Collins Publishers, 1997. See in particular Chapter 7 entitled “Composing Steel."
  • Olson, G.B., “Computational Design of Hierarchically Structured Materials," Science, Vol. 277, 29 August 1977, pp. 1237-1242.