Tim Allison
Seminar Presenter
Tim Allison is the Machinery Department Director at Southwest Research Institute® where he leads an organization that focuses on technology R&D for machinery and power system technologies across many energy and space applications.
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 six book chapters and co-edited three books, and has published over 90 articles on various turbomachinery topics.
He has received 5 best tutorial/paper awards from the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute and is active in committee leadership in the Oil & Gas Applications, Supercritical CO₂ Power Cycles, and Energy Storage Committees. He is a past Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines & Power Beyond ASME, he is a past and current co-chair for the Thermal-Chemical-Mechanical Energy Storage Workshop, a past and current co-chair of the Supercritical CO₂ Symposium Planning Committee, founding chair of the Industrial Process Emissions Reduction workshop.
Tim Allison
Director Machinery Department, Southwest Research Institute®, USA
