Institute of High Temperatures RAS

Establishment of the Russian Academy of Sciences The Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences dates back to 1960 - the year of the creation of the Laboratory of High Temperatures of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Over the past 50 years, the Institute from a small scientific laboratory at the Moscow Energy Institute has become the largest institution of the Department of Energy, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics and Control Processes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the country's leading scientific center in the field of energy and thermal physics of extreme states.
Since January 2007, the Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences is headed by Academician Fortov V.E. He is a well-known and actively working scientist in the field of energy, thermophysics, strong shock and detonation waves, plasma physics and physical mechanics. Scientific researches Fortov are of fundamental importance for the development of pulsed and industrial power engineering, space physics, controlled thermonuclear fusion, rocket technology and a number of special applications.
The official website of the Institute: http://www.jiht.ru/