Tim Allison
Seminar Presenter
Personal Profile
Personal Profile
Dr. Tim Allison is the Machinery Department Director at Southwest Research Institute where he leads an organization that focuses on R&D for the energy industry. His research experience includes analysis, fabrication, and testing of turbomachinery and systems for advanced power or oil & gas applications including high-pressure turbomachinery, centrifugal compressors, expanders, gas turbines, reciprocating compressors, and test rigs for bearings, seals, blade dynamics, and aerodynamic performance.
Dr. Allison holds three patents, has authored two book chapters, and has published over 70 articles on various turbomachinery topics. He received the best tutorial/paper awards from the ASME Oil & Gas and Supercritical CO2 Power Cycle Committees in 2010, 2014, 2015, and 2018. He is a current and/or past chair of the ASME IGTI sCO2 Power Cycles and Oil & Gas Applications Committees, Supercritical CO2 Symposium, and Thermal-Chemical-Mechanical Energy Storage Workshop Advisory Committee, and an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines & Power.
Dr. Allison holds three patents, has authored two book chapters, and has published over 70 articles on various turbomachinery topics. He received the best tutorial/paper awards from the ASME Oil & Gas and Supercritical CO2 Power Cycle Committees in 2010, 2014, 2015, and 2018. He is a current and/or past chair of the ASME IGTI sCO2 Power Cycles and Oil & Gas Applications Committees, Supercritical CO2 Symposium, and Thermal-Chemical-Mechanical Energy Storage Workshop Advisory Committee, and an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines & Power.

Tim Allison
Director Machinery Department, Southwest Research Institute®


