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QuesTek Innovations

Materials engineering company

QuesTek Innovations LLC is a materials science, engineering and software company that develops materials for applications such as automotive and aerospace. It is one of the first companies to employ integrated computational material engineering (ICME), which relies on physics-based models to predict the performance characteristics of materials.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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QuesTek Innovations LLC is a materials science, engineering and software company that develops materials for applications such as automotive and aerospace. It is one of the first companies to employ integrated computational material engineering (ICME), which relies on physics-based models to predict the performance characteristics of materials.2

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$87.6M 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $87.6M in all. Federal grants $17.2M; Federal contracts $70.4M.$0$5M$10M$15M2008 · Federal grants: $96.3K2008 · Federal contracts: $4.0M20082009 · Federal grants: $199.9K2009 · Federal contracts: $1.6M2010 · Federal grants: $146.1K2010 · Federal contracts: $3.4M20102011 · Federal grants: $300.0K2011 · Federal contracts: $3.7M2012 · Federal grants: $1.4M2012 · Federal contracts: $1.8M20122013 · Federal grants: $149.6K2013 · Federal contracts: $889.8K2014 · Federal grants: $999.7K2014 · Federal contracts: $1.3M20142015 · Federal grants: $304.5K2015 · Federal contracts: $2.2M2016 · Federal grants: $2.3M2016 · Federal contracts: $1.3M20162017 · Federal grants: $1.3M2017 · Federal contracts: $3.9M2018 · Federal grants: $1.4M2018 · Federal contracts: $6.4M20182019 · Federal grants: $393.3K2019 · Federal contracts: $3.2M2020 · Federal grants: $2.0M2020 · Federal contracts: $3.6M20202021 · Federal grants: $2.7M2021 · Federal contracts: $11.6M2022 · Federal grants: $1.5M2022 · Federal contracts: $4.2M20222023 · Federal grants: $159.2K2023 · Federal contracts: $5.6M2024 · Federal grants: $2.0M2024 · Federal contracts: $8.1M20242025 · Federal contracts: $2.2M2026 · Federal contracts: $1.3M2026
Without federal contracts$17.2M 2008–2024
Without federal contractsWithout federal contracts, 2008–2024: $17.2M in all. Federal grants $17.2M.$0$1M$2M$3M2008 · Federal grants: $96.3K20082009 · Federal grants: $199.9K2010 · Federal grants: $146.1K20102011 · Federal grants: $300.0K2012 · Federal grants: $1.4M20122013 · Federal grants: $149.6K2014 · Federal grants: $999.7K20142015 · Federal grants: $304.5K2016 · Federal grants: $2.3M20162017 · Federal grants: $1.3M2018 · Federal grants: $1.4M20182019 · Federal grants: $393.3K2020 · Federal grants: $2.0M20202021 · Federal grants: $2.7M2022 · Federal grants: $1.5M20222023 · Federal grants: $159.2K2024 · Federal grants: $2.0M2024
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsFederal contractsTotal
2026–$1.3M$1.3M
2025–$2.2M$2.2M
2024$2.0M$8.1M$10.1M
2023$159.2K$5.6M$5.8M
2022$1.5M$4.2M$5.6M
2021$2.7M$11.6M$14.3M
2020$2.0M$3.6M$5.5M
2019$393.3K$3.2M$3.6M
2018$1.4M$6.4M$7.8M
2017$1.3M$3.9M$5.2M
2016$2.3M$1.3M$3.6M
2015$304.5K$2.2M$2.5M
2014$999.7K$1.3M$2.3M
2013$149.6K$889.8K$1.0M
2012$1.4M$1.8M$3.2M
2011$300.0K$3.7M$4.0M
2010$146.1K$3.4M$3.6M
2009$199.9K$1.6M$1.8M
2008$96.3K$4.0M$4.1M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov3, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Aug 30, 2021$3.1M from Department of Energy: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy4 To QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC Award DEAR0001436
  2. Feb 19, 2013$2.1M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program5 To QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC Award DESC0009592
  3. Jun 28, 2021$1.4M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program6 To QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC Award DESC0021743
  4. Jul 1, 2019$1.3M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program7 To QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC Award DESC0020032
  5. Jun 18, 2011$1.3M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program8 To QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC Award DESC0006222
  6. Feb 18, 2020$1.3M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program9 To QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC Award DESC0020605
  7. Jun 13, 2016$1.2M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program10 To QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC Award DESC0015922
  8. Feb 21, 2017$1.2M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program11 To QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC Award DESC0017234

Largest contracts

  1. Jun 27, 2005$6.7M from Department of the Navy: Office of naval research questek innovations llc ridge ave evanston il evanston cook illinois rdte/other defense-applied research services12 To QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC Award N0001405C0241
  2. Sep 30, 2021$4.6M from Department of the Army: Sbir ph iii - additive manufacture c-6413 To QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC Award W911W621F801G
  3. May 23, 2024$3.9M from Department of the Navy: The purpose of this effort is to advance additive friction stir deposition (afsd)/cold spray (cs) manufacturing technologies to provide a tu14 To QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC Award N0001424C1512
  4. Jun 22, 2021$3.7M from Department of the Army: Sbir ph iii additive manufacturing15 To QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC Award W911W621F105D
  5. Jul 3, 2023$3.5M from Department of the Army: Sbir phase iii- research and development16 To QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC Award W911QY23C0077

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