His main research topics were mainly in the field of gas dynamics, especially combustion processes. Since August 1st 1995, Dieter Weichert leads the institute. He shifted the fields of research to structural and solid mechanics. Main topics are nonlinear behaviour of materials and damage caused by inelastic effects. The change to the faculty for mechanical engineering took place at the 01.01.1989.
Today there are approx.
Moreover, there are approx. 35 student assistants employed.