About the QUEST Senior Consulting Projects

Each fall, QUEST student teams provide consulting services to select corporate sponsors. Champions from corporate sponsors work with teams during the 13 weeks of the fall semester and receive innovative recommendations to an identified organizational challenge. Student teams are coached in a weekly class and by their faculty advisors who serve as subject matter experts. Projects and sponsors receive recognition at the annual QUEST Senior Conference in December, and student teams give a final presentation and report to their champions.

About the QUEST Honors Program

Quality Enhancement Systems and Teams (QUEST) is a multidisciplinary engineering, technology and management program at the University of Maryland. QUEST’s curriculum focuses on:

  • Quality management
  • Process improvement
  • System design

QUEST students are enrolled in the following three colleges:

  • A. James Clark School of Engineering
  • College of Computer, Math, and Natural Sciences
  • Robert H. Smith School of Business

Admission is competitive. On average 150 freshmen apply for 65 spots in the program each year. In each QUEST course, students work in cross-functional teams on action learning projects. This approach allows for collaboration among individuals of diverse skill sets and talents.

Project Sponsorship

For a donation to the QUEST Fund of the College Park Foundation of $6,000, sponsors will receive:

  • Work with a team of 4-6 senior QUEST students to work on an identified organizational challenge (estimated work time is 400-600 person hours)
  • Storyboard display at the QUEST Senior Conference
  • Recognition in the QUEST Senior Conference Brochure along with other sponsors, as well as on the QUEST website
  • Ability to network with QUEST students from all cohorts (sophomore, junior and senior students)

Additional opportunities are available for corporate sponsorship in the QUEST program, including sponsorship of the QUEST Senior Conference and thought leadership presentations to our students.

Why sponsor the a QUEST Senior Consulting Project?

  • Receive 13 weeks of interaction with a multidisciplinary student team that provides 400 to 600 person-hours of consulting services
  • Receive innovative, unbiased recommendations to an organizational challenge
  • Access talented University of Maryland students in engineering, business, technology and science disciplines
  • Identify potential candidates for hire and publicize company with junior and sophomore QUEST students
  • Interact with University of Maryland undergraduate students, faculty and staff

Current and previous consulting project sponsors have included ATK, Bowles Fluidics, Force 3, GE, Integrity Consulting, KPMG, Lockheed Martin, Nika Technologies, SAIC, and Tulkoff Foods.

QUEST Senior Consulting Projects Sponsorship

For more information, please contact:

Nicole Coomber, Assistant Director
Phone: 301-405-8732
Email: ncottre@umd.edu