- 2025 – on the initiative of the Department, Professor Barbara Lothenbach from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) was elected a foreign member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
- 2025 – Professor R. Šiaučiūnas of the Department was awarded the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Commemorative Medal.
- 2024 – Associate Professor T. Dambrauskas was elected a member of the Council of the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry.
- 2024 – the Department organized in Kaunas the international conference “The 2nd Central and Eastern European Conference on Physical Chemistry & Materials Science.”
- 2023 – to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Professor K. Sasnauskas, a bas-relief dedicated to him was unveiled at the Department.
- 2021 – Associate Professor Anatolijus Eisinas of the Department was elected a member of the Young Academy of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
- 2021 – Professor K. Baltakys was elected Vice-Rector for Research at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU).
- 2019 – Professor R. Šiaučiūnas became the Head of the Department.
- 2019 – Dr. T. Dambrauskas received the Teodoras Grotthuss Scholarship.
- 2018 – Professor Kęstutis Baltakys was elected Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Technology.
- 2015 – Professor K. Baltakys was awarded the annual scholarship of the Dr. Juozas Petras Kazickas Family Foundation.
- 2009–2011 – Professor R. Šiaučiūnas was an expert member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, and in 2011 he was elected a full member.
- 2008–2011 – Professor R. Šiaučiūnas initiated the Integrated Science, Studies and Business Center “Santaka Valley” project and served as President of its implementing association.
- 2007–2011 – Professor R. Šiaučiūnas served as Rector of Kaunas University of Technology, having previously worked for 7 years as Vice-Rector for Studies.
- 2006–2019 – the Department was headed by Professor Rimvydas Kaminskas, under whose leadership the laboratories for material synthesis, instrumental analysis, and chemical engineering were equipped with modern instruments.
- 2004 – together with Riga Technical University, the first international Baltic States scientific conference on silicate materials, “BaltSilica2004,” was organized in Riga. Afterwards, it was held three more times in Kaunas – in 2005, 2009, and 2016.
- 2000–present – Associate Professor Z. Valančius has been serving as Vice-Dean (Head of Administration) of the Faculty of Chemical Technology.
- 1997–2000 – Professor Raimundas Šiaučiūnas served as Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Technology, having previously worked for 5 years as Vice-Dean for Studies.
- 1997 – Associate Professor Kazys Strazdas was awarded the 5th Class Order of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas.
- 1995–2006 – the Department was headed by Associate Professor Zenonas Valančius, the 40,000th graduate of the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (KPI).
- 1989–1995 – the Department was headed by Associate Professor Marijonas Martusevičius, who was also the Chairman of the first Council of the Faculty of Chemical Technology after the restoration of Lithuania’s independence.
- 1984 – the State Science Award was granted to Professor K. Sasnauskas and Associate Professor M. Martusevičius, 1985 – to Associate Professor Vincas Jasiukevičius, 1987 – to Associate Professor Eduardas Daumantas.
- 1980 – the Department organized the 1st international conference “Calcium Hydrosilicates and Their Applications,” and ten years later – the 2nd one.
- 1965–1991 – Professor K. Sasnauskas served as Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Technology. Thanks to his efforts, a new “C” building of the faculty was constructed.
- 1964–1983 – Professor M. Martynaitis served as Rector of the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, having previously worked for 10 years as Vice-Rector for Studies.
- 1962–1989 – the Department was headed by Professor Kęstutis Sasnauskas. He established a scientific school for the synthesis, properties, and applications of calcium hydrosilicates. Professor K. Sasnauskas supervised 12 successfully defended doctoral dissertations, and under his initiative, the Department established highly modern laboratories of Instrumental Materials Analysis and Chemical Engineering.
- 1956–1962 – the Department was headed by Professor Marijonas Martynaitis, a laureate of the State Science Award (1966).
- 1944–1946 and 1949–1956 – the Head of the Department was Associate Professor Vladas Sližys – the leading expert of that time in solving the issues of the development of the building materials industry in Lithuania.
- 1940–1944 – the Department was headed by Professor Adolfas Damušis, who also served as Dean of the Faculty of Technology (1942–1944). He was the first Doctor of Silicate Technology Sciences, having defended his dissertation in 1940.
- 1940 and 1947–1949 – the Head of the Department was Professor Pranas Jodelė. He was the pioneer of cement production in Lithuania, having built a small plant near Valkininkai in 1913–1914.
- 1950-12-15 – during the reorganization of Kaunas University and the establishment of the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, the name of the Department of Inorganic Technology was changed to Silicate Technology. All teaching staff and specializations were transferred to it.
- 1940-08-15 – the Department of Inorganic Technology was established at Kaunas University, which trained engineers-technologists in silicate technology and inorganic technology.
