Thomas Allen

As a Sports Engineer, I am interested in the effect of engineering and technology on sport, in terms of performance, participation and injury risk. I enjoying collaborating with researchers and working with sports brands and organisations.

Research expertise
Tom’s research is in the field of Sports Engineering and he collaborates with a number of sports brands. He is the Editor in Chief of Sports Engineering and was on the organising committee for the 10th conference on The Engineering of Sport.

He is an effective science communicator and enjoys promoting engineering to a range of audiences. Tom has delivered invited talks at the Royal Institution’s Faraday Lecture Theatre and the Danish Design Centre, and for a number of organisations, including the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the British Institute of Non-destructive Testing and ANSYS.