The Institute was established in 1953 as the Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (CAS). In 1955, it was renamed as the Institute for Mechanical Engineering (also Mechanical Research Institute) and in 1962 as the Institute of Thermomechanics CAS. In 1964, the Aerodynamic laboratory in Nový Knín (30 km from Prague) was established. Since 1986, the main building of the Institute is located in the campus of the Academy of Sciences in Prague 8. In 2006, the Institute merged with the Institute of Electrical Engineering, which was also established in 1953.

The first building of the Institute of Thermomechanics CAS on the Pushkin square in Prague

The design of the new building of the Institute of Thermomechanics CAS from the early 1980's

The Institute after 1986	The Institute today

A photo from 1982	A photo from 1982

A photo from 1982	A photo from 1986

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