History
| 1952 |
Foundation of the „Institute for Applied Fluid Mechanics“, directed by Prof. Werner Albring. |
| 1979 | Retirement of Prof. Albring and appointment of Prof. Reiner Vollheim. |
| 1991 | Restructuring of the university and foundation of the "Institute of Fluid Mechanics" (ISM) with four professors and lecturers:
Prof. Vollheim, Chair of Fluid Mechanics |
| 1993 | Appointment of Prof. Roger Grundmann to the Chair of Thermofluiddynamics. |
| 1996 | Foundation of the „Institute of Aerospace Engineering“ consiting of the Chair for Thermofluiddynamics and both wind tunnels, directed by Prof. Roger Grundmann. |
| 1999 | Appointment of Prof. Konrad Vogeler to the Chair of Turbomachinery and Jet Propulsion at ISM. |
| 2001 | Retirement of Prof. Vollheim. |
| 2002 | Appointment of Prof. Nikolaus Adams to the Chair of Fluid Mechanics an Magnetofludidynamics at ISM. |
| 2004 | Prof. Adams moves to TU Munich. The chair is run transitionally by senior scientist Dr. Winfried Heller. |
| 2005 | Appointment of Prof. Stefan Odenbach to the newly established Chair of Magnetofluiddynamics at ISM. |
| 2007 | Appointment of Prof. Jochen Fröhlich to the Chair of Fluid Mechanics. |
| 2014 | Chair of Magnetofluiddynamics is renamed to Chair of Magnetofluiddynamics, Measurement and Automation Technology |
| 2015 | Retirement of Prof. Vogeler and appointment of Prof. Ronald Mailach to the renamed Chair of Turbomachinery and Flight Propulsion. |
| 2018 | The Chair of Magnetofluiddynamics, Measurement and Automation Technology moves to the newly established Institute of Mechatronic Engineering. |