一、第21届MTDR年会国际机床设计及研究年会(简称MTDR)是二十年前由英国曼彻斯特理工学院(UMIST)及伯明翰大学的机械工程系共同发起的,每年9月在英国召开。现在由曼彻斯特理工学院的B.J.Davies教授,伯明翰大学的s.A.Tobias教授,斯旺西大学的J.M.Alexander教授和剑桥大学的w.Jobnson教授共同主持。前三位都是该校机械工程系的主要负责人,会议轮流在这三个学校举行。 First, the 21st MTDR Annual Meeting The International Conference on Machine Design and Research (MTDR) was initiated 20 years ago by UMIST and the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Birmingham, UK each September. Now co-chaired by Professor B. J. Davies at the Manchester Institute of Technology, Professor s.A.Bobias at the University of Birmingham, Professor J.M. Alexander at Swansea University and Professor w.Jobnson at the University of Cambridge. The top three are the main responsible for mechanical engineering department of the school, the meeting takes turns in these three schools.