History
| 1929 | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eugen Piwowarsky takes over the "Lehrstuhl und Institut für Allgemeine Metallkunde und das Gesamte Gießereiwesen der Eisen- und Nichteisenmetalle." [Chair and Institute of General Metallurgy and Comprehensive Foundry Science of Ferrous Metals and Nonferrous Metals] |
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| 1930 | Setting up the "Foundry" branch of study |
| 1932 | Dedication of the casting laboratory. First foundry colloquium in Aachen |
| 1944 | Due to war incidents, the institute is relocated, at first to Roetgen / Lammersdorf, to the Junker Werke, afterwards to the Concordia Hütte near Koblenz, eventually to the Bergakademie Clausthal. |
| 1949-52 | Construction of the institute building Intzestraße 5 |
| 1954 | Call of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Patterson to the "Department of Overall Comprehensive Foundry ScienceFounding" |
| 1968 | Setting up the area of teaching and research "Foundry Science", Prof. Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Engler |
| 1970 | Setting up the field of teaching and research "Moulding Materials and Foundry Machines", Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Boenisch |
| 1978 | Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. Patterson is given emeritus status |
| 1979 | Call of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter R. Sahm as his successor |
| 1986 | Formation of the "Aachener Centrum für Erstarrung und Schwerelosigkeit" (Aachen Center for Solidification in Space) - ACCESS e.V. |
| 1988 | Founding of the MAGMA GmbH as a spin-off for the marketing of the findings of "Numerical Simulation of Casting and Soldification Processes" |
| 1992 | Prof. Dr.-Ing. D. Boenisch is given emeritus status |
| 1996 | Prof. Dr.-Ing. S. Engler is given emeritus status |
| 1999 | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. P. R. Sahm is given emeritus status and remains as the director of the institute until 2002 |
| 2002 | Call of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Bührig-Polaczek as the successor of Prof. Sahm |
| 2012 | Establishment of the Heisenberg professorship "Corrosion and Corrosion Protection" represented by Prof. Dr.-Ing . Daniela Zander |
More details on the historical background of the Institute and its founder can be found in the commemorative publication (Gedenkschkrift) on the occasion of Eugen Piwowarsky's 100th birthday.