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						| 1926 | First welding technology lectures of the lecturer Dr. Baumgärtel | 
                    
                            
                        
                
                    
                            
                        
                    
                        
                            
		
				
						| 1932 | Establishment of the Wöhler Institute | 
                    
                            
                        
                
                    
                            
                        
                    
                        
                            
		
				
						| 1939 - 1945 | The Institute of Materials Science, Manufacturing Processes and Welding Technology had been engaged in military research during the war. | 
                    
                            
                        
                
                    
                            
                        
                    
                        
                            
		
				
						| after 1945 | Head of the institute Professor Schmitz, some time later Professor Wilhelm Hofmann | 
                    
                            
                        
                
                    
                            
                        
                    
                        
                            
		
				
						| 1953 | Chief Engineer Dr. Jürgen Ruge | 
                    
                            
                        
                
                    
                            
                        
                    
                        
                            
		
				
						| 1963 | Establishment of a chair separate from materials science and, soon afterwards, the Institute of Welding and Materials Technology | 
                    
                            
                        
                
                    
                            
                        
                    
                        
                            
		
				
						| 1964 | Call to the chair for Dr. Jürgen Ruge | 
                    
                            
                        
                
                    
                            
                        
                    
                        
                            
		
				
						| 1965 | first lecture in May on welding of high alloy stainless steels | 
                    
                            
                        
                
                    
                            
                        
                    
                        
                            
		
				
						| 1968 | Start of construction of the current institute building at Langen Kamp | 
                    
                            
                        
                
                    
                            
                        
                    
                        
                            
		
				
						| 1972 | Purchase together with three other institutes. Use of 2,550 sqm by the Institute for Welding Technology | 
                    
                            
                        
                
                    
                            
                        
                    
                        
                            
		
				
						| 1991 | Until 2001 Institute Director Prof. Dr.-Ing. Helmut Wohlfahrt | 
                    
                            
                        
                
                    
                            
                        
                    
                        
                            
		
				
						| 2002 | Renamed "Institute for Joining and Welding Technology" under Institute Director Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Dilger addition of the work areas of bonding and mechanical joining and microjoining. | 
                    
                            
                        
                
                    
                            
                                
                            
                        
                    
                        
                            
		
				
						| 2019 | Junior Professor Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sven Hartwig |