Business Partners: Consulting Services

Each fall semester, QUEST student teams consult with organizations on real-time challenges to help transform their products, processes and services into higher quality operations.

The teams are comprised of undergraduate seniors from each of the three disciplines of QUEST student study: Business, Engineering, and Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

What is a QUEST Project?

QUEST projects come in a variety of genres, from manufacturing to business development, everything in-between and beyond. A QUEST project meets the following criteria:

  • Brings educational value to students
  • Probability of achieving successful results within a single semester (approx. 13 weeks)
  • Achieves a desirable balance between the business and technology components of the project
  • Sponsoring organization is available to the student team for the duration of the project

Submit a Project Proposal

QUEST solicits project proposals during late spring and early summer for the following fall, but you can contact us anytime if you're interested in sponsoring a team of students. You can contact us with the following information to start the conversation:

  • Your company name, address and Web site
  • The contact information of the person who QUEST should contact to discuss
  • Any ideas that you have about the type of project you are interested in

Client organizations also agree to pay a set fee to support the costs associated with specialized consulting training provided to the student teams, faculty advisors, technology support, and project expenses. Please e-mail or call 301-405-8732 to discuss the associated fee.

A signed contract detailing the commitments of both QUEST and the client organization signifies a secured project.

Note:
Champion: Serves at the executive level of the organization and works with QUEST to negotiate and maintain the contract agreement.
Representative: This may be the same person as the project champion. The representative should be available 2 - 3 hours per week to support the project.