Press Coverage

QuesTek has received considerable recognition for its innovative products, technology and business model, and for its practical, rapid application of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) and Accelerated Insertion of Materials (AIM). Examples include:

  • “Processing New Gear Steels," Gear Solutions, January 2012, pp. 28-41 (see here).
  • The U.S. National Research Council highlighted QuesTek's leading role of utilizing ICME and AIM in pp. 114-117 of its publication Application of Lightweighting Technology to Military Vehicles, Vessels and Aircraft, April 2012 (see here).
  • The Institute of Defense Analysis highlighted the role of QuesTek's co-founder and Chief Science Officer Dr. Greg Olson establishing the field of ICME, and QuesTek's computational design of Ferrium S53 and leading role applying ICME and establishing AIM methodologies, in pp. 31-36 and Appendix G of its publication Emerging Global Trends in Advanced Manufacturing March 2012 (see here).
  • The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), in a U.S. DOE-sponsored publication, highlighted QuesTek as a leader applying ICME and as a “Materials Success Story" in pp. 30-31 of its publication Materials: Foundation for the Clean Energy Age Technology, January 2012 (see here).
  • “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 (see below).
  • The U.S. National Research Council identified QuesTek as one of only a few commercial firms utilizing ICME for Integrated Manufacturing, Materials and Component Design in its publication Integrated Computational Materials Engineering: A Transformational Discipline for Improved Competitiveness and National Security, The National Academies Press, 2008 (see here).
  • “Computational Design for Ultra High-Strength Alloy," Advanced Materials and Processes, January 2008, pp. 37-40 (see below).
  • “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.