History of the Institute – Institute of Thermodynamics

The term "Thermodynamics" was only used (with difficulty) from about 1950 onwards in preference to the term "heat theory"

1831 Establishment of the higher professional school.
1847 Renaming to polytechnic school.
1879 Acquisition of the rank of a "Royal Technical College". One of the five departments was dedicated to mechanical engineering.
1922 Reorganization of the Technical University. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is established.
1934 First publication by Otto Klüsener on "Form and Size of Steam Bubbles" from the Institute for Combustion Engines and Technical Heat Theory at the Hanover Technical University.
1949 Establishment of the Institute of Thermodynamics and Steam Boiler Engineering with Prof. Hausen as head.
1959 Renaming in Institute of Thermodynamics and Process Engineering.
1967 Prof. Rögner becomes head of the institute.
1968 Separation into Institute of Thermodynamics and Institute of Process Engineering.
1976 Move from the old Marstall building to Callinstrasse No. 36.
1981 Prof. Rögner emeritus and Prof. Baehr is appointed as new head of the institute.
1994 Prof. Kabelac becomes head of the institute.
2001 Prof. Kabelac moves to the Bundeswehr University Hamburg on March 31, 2001. Prof. Seume takes over the provisional head of the Institute of Thermodynamics.
2003 Prof. Dr.-Ing Andrea Luke becomes provisional head of the Institute of Thermodynamics as of 10/2003
2011 Prof. Kabelac is back.
2020 Move from Callinstrasse No. 36 to the new mechanical engineering campus in Garbsen.
2025 Prof. Kabelac emeritus and Prof. Markus Richter is new head of the institute

History of the Institute of Thermodynamics