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1. Metal 3D Printing Service

It is pleased to announce the availability of metal 3D printing Service and support of 316L stainless steel.

When comparing to ABS / PLA based materials, 316L provides significant stronger material properties and allows more use cases in teaching and research. We make use of BASF Ultrafuse 316L metal polymer composite filament for metal 3D printing service and user is welcome to visit this link for material details : Ultrafuse 316L 3D Printer Metal Filament | BASF Forward AM (forward-am.com)

To facilitate debinding and sintering of metal 3D printing, ITU has made contact with PolyU Industrial Centre (IC) and we can send our part to IC for post processing, subject to a processing fee. For details of metal 3D printing service, please send email to 3d-print@cpce-polyu.edu.hk.

2. Interactive Equipment in WK-S201/S202

To support interactive lessons requirement for social work programme, ITU upgraded facilities in WK-S201 / S202 (combined room) during semester break, details are as follows:

1. Ceiling cameras supporting video capture from different angles and in multi-screens
2. Ceiling microphones supporting audio capture in rooms
3. Video recording facilities for class activities
4. Lectern replacement due to AV system upgrade

AV control of WKS-201/S202 will maintain previous settings (touch screen control) while providing option on advanced control of interactive facilities (ceiling camera / microphone). There will be training session for social work academic staff. Other colleagues are welcome to contact Mr. John Cheung for scheduling of training.

There are some venue photos for reference

Video Camera and Ceiling Microphone	New lectern supporting height adjustment
Teacher view of lectern	Charging cable in lectern

3. Big Data Lab : Matlab Campus License

Matlab, a programming and numeric computing platform used by engineers and scientists to analyze data, develop algorithms, and create models.

CPCE subscribed the campus license of Matlab, staff, HKCC and SPEED student can access Matlab using campus email account. There are online training provided by Matlab at Self-Paced Online Courses - MATLAB & Simulink (mathworks.com)

To access Matlab, user please follows the following steps

1. Access Matlab CPCE portal at here
2. Click “Sign in to get started”, create an account for first time user
3. Follow steps to download Matlab or via this link

Matlab CPCE Portal link is also available at “Download link of IT lab software” inside “Software Inventory list” of CPCE Portal (https://portal.cpce-polyu.edu.hk)

4. New Naming Policy of Staff Office Group (Staff Only)

After review naming policy of user-created groups in Microsoft Teams, ITU has revised related policy in Staff Office 365 to display name of group more simply and clearly, prefix (ie strGrpO365_ ) of name will be removed from newly created Teams and SharePoint Sites.

Comparison of old and new naming policy:

Points to Note

1. Name of those groups created before 16 Jan 2023 will not be changed automatically, owners of the groups may decide to change and update themselves when necessary. Please inform group members after you update name of existing group(s).
2. Group names are allowed to be the same in Office 365. To better identify your Teams and SharePoint sites, you may consider to add logo and provide some description to them.
3. Teams email address, SharePoint sites URL, shared links of files, access permissions and membership remain unchanged if name is changed.

For details, please refer to Staff notice “New Naming Policy of Staff Office Group” dated 16 Jan.