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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang='en'> <head> <meta content='text/html; charset=UTF-8' http-equiv='content-type'> <title>URFMS</title> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="/assets/favicons/logo-scaled-cd12077bdfdbdd4260f5905a25a67c242478523e258574bb40706ecba87c7414.png" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/assets/application-9294ccbc5708036e082966ff37afe33cb9cca004b866c3079603a4dbb0405380.css" /> <meta content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0' name='viewport'> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/assets/responsive-8086d846b42f7f37249b19719b3edd3cf5f61423254aca303e8e6b72aac5e773.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="print" href="/assets/print-29ff6c0520134180ba4f7f393b60ac37e54ed34d99cf95f4165cb446a09cea38.css" /> <script src="/assets/application-64560ba4799f5e6ca39966137f90182a75b782da061b7642461e031f114b0765.js"></script> <meta name="csrf-param" content="authenticity_token" /> <meta name="csrf-token" content="MmVUe7sxnrknkNl55U2hVT43OLYOxq47BM7nalgJf0zm6vCmunB201IZDOO2C-oKFWwyHqTxKq4zGUPDpO6uRA" /> <script> var ROOT_PATH = "/"; var FACILITY_PATH = ""; var IS_RESPONSIVE = true; </script> </head> <body class=''> <header> <div class='navbar navbar-static-top'> <div class='navbar-inner'> <div class='container'> <a class="brand" href="/"><img class="img__brand" src="/assets/logo-header-082c9bd5287131548a7296329a410dbc2bb364dea2ea977fe955b7c5887045e7.png" /> <span>URFMS</span> </a><ul class='nav pull-right hide-from-print'> <li><a href="/users/saml/sign_in">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </header> <nav> <div class='navbar navbar-static-top hide-from-print visible-with-nav'> <div class='navbar-inner'> <div class='container'> <form class="navbar-search pull-right visible-with-nav" action="/global_search" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="authenticity_token" value="qF_Re9hC1Q0EqlUE7YOsQPYKwMTK5ZSoNccl1XX_D6zRnao2cOyt4SwE4kWNaEgnmgLB9H2N-_eLQQ6G_QMvIg" autocomplete="off" /><input type="text" name="search" id="search" placeholder="Search" class="search-query span2" aria-label="Search" /> </form></div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id='content' role='main'> <div class='container'> <div class='row'> <div class='span12'> <h1></h1> <h2></h2> <div id='js--flash'></div> <ul class='nav nav-tabs'> <li class="active"><a href="/facilities">Facilities</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/user_registration/all">New User Registration</a></li> </ul> <div class='alert alert-info'> Welcome to the <b>U</b>niversity <b>R</b>esearch <b>F</b>acility <b>M</b>anagement <b>S</b>ystem (URFMS). Please select the unit below to view the instruments / items offered by the unit concerned and make your bookings. You can also refer to our <a href="https://www.polyu.edu.hk/rio/guidelines-forms-and-systems/online-systems/urfms/" target="_blank">Quick Guides</a> and <a href="https://www.polyu.edu.hk/rio/guidelines-forms-and-systems/online-systems/urfms/urfms-faq" target="_blank">FAQs</a> for more details. </div> <div class='alert alert-info'> <p style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="color:black">First-year fee waiver for using University Research Facilities (URFs) & Equipment for newly recruited (first year) Assistant Professors (APs) and Research Assistant Professors (RAPs)</span></strong></p> <ol> <li><span style="color:black">A fee waiver account will be setup with quota ($10,000/month x months of free services period) for all eligible applicants.</span></li> <li><span style="color:black">An applicant must request for fee waiver by contacting the relevant URFs or RIO.</span></li> <li><span style="color:black">User shall use URFs in a fair manner.  Users are required to cancel their booking at least one day prior to the day of use, when they are unable to take up the booking session.</span></li> <li><span style="color:black">A no-show record will be filed by URFs and the fee waiver may be revoked when no-show occurs for more than 3 sessions. User shall follow each URF’s rules and URF & RIO reserve the right to usage.  </span></li> </ol> </div> <hr> <hr> <h2 class='facility_listing js--facility_listing all_header'>All Facilities</h2> <ul class='unstyled'> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist2'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing__header'><a href="/facilities/caf">Centralised Animal Facilities (CAF)</a></div> <p>The Centralised Animal Facilities (CAF) in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University was established in 2006. The facility aims to provide humane handling of research animals and high-quality animal husbandry services. </p> </li> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist3'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing__header'><a href="/facilities/applied_physics">Department of Applied Physics (AP)</a></div> <p>Welcome to AP. Science is influential. We encourage students and research personnel to be creative and innovative. Our Department is equipped with many advanced research facilities facilitate the learning needs of our students and research personnel.</p> </li> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist3'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing__header'><a href="/facilities/ABCT">Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (ABCT)</a></div> <p>ABCT</p> </li> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist3'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing__header'><a href="/facilities/CEE">Department of Civil and Environment Engineering (CEE)</a></div> <p>CEE Water and Waste Laboratories</p> </li> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist18'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing__header'><a href="/facilities/school_of_optometry">School of Optometry (SO)</a></div> <p>Since our beginnings in 1978, the School of Optometry has committed to nurturing professional optometrists, advancing eye and vision research, and providing professional knowledge transfers.</p> </li> <p style='font-size: 1rem;font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5rem; color:#0079b5'>University Research Facility in Materials Characterization and Device Fabrication (UMF)</p> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist20'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing_group__header'><a href="/facilities/umf-aeml">UMF-Atomic Electron Microscopy Laboratory (UMF-AEML)</a></div> <p style='margin-left:20px;'>AEML is supplemented by materials preparation equipment for cutting, polishing and ion milling for preparation of surfaces and cross-sections from bulk specimens for examination with Spectra 300 Probe & Image correctors S/TEM, Helios 5CX dual beam FIB, PIPS 695, Nanomill 1040.</p> </li> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist20'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing_group__header'><a href="/facilities/umf-cem">UMF-Centre for Electron Microscopy (UMF-CEM)</a></div> <p style='margin-left:20px;'>CEM supports two transmission electron microscopes (JEOL-2011 & JEOL-2100F), a聽dual beam focused ion beam (FIB) microscope (JIB-4501) and an instrumentation for TEM sample preparation (PIPS-691), enables a wide variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary research projects.</p> </li> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist20'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing_group__header'><a href="/facilities/umf-cleanroom">UMF-Cleanroom (UMF-Cleanroom)</a></div> <p style='margin-left:20px;'>Cleanroom occupies a floor area of 600 square meters including plant room, gas room and staff office. The cleanroom provides class 100, class 1,000 and class 10,000 environments (ISO 5, 6 and 7 respectively). Photolithography, device fabrication and measurement can be performed in Cleanroom.</p> </li> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist20'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing_group__header'><a href="/facilities/umf-mrc">UMF-Materials Research Centre (UMF-MRC)</a></div> <p style='margin-left:20px;'>MRC houses a diverse range of equipment for materials synthesis, characterization and processing. The mission of the centre is primarily to underpin research developments in materials science and technology within PolyU and to promote multi-disciplinary research in this field.</p> </li> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist20'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing_group__header'><a href="/facilities/umf-dfst">UMF-Micro/Nano Device Fabrication and Sensing Technologies (UMF-DFST)</a></div> <p style='margin-left:20px;'>Micro-/Nano-Device Fabrication and Sensing enables a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary research projects.</p> </li> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist20'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing__header'><a href="/facilities/ubsn">University Research Facility in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience (UBSN)</a></div> <p>The University Research Facility in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience (UBSN) is a state-of-the-art think tank and interdisciplinary technological platform supporting the research endeavors of PolyU鈥檚 principal investigators and researchers as well as those from other higher education institutions.</p> </li> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist20'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing__header'><a href="/facilities/uls">University Research Facility in Life Sciences (ULS)</a></div> <p>Being one of the University Research Facilities (URFs) at PolyU, the ULS aims at providing access to advanced instruments required for the research work in life sciences, encouraging multidisciplinary research and innovations, maintaining core facilities, and training research staff and students.</p> </li> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist20'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing__header'><a href="/facilities/ucea">University Research Facility in Chemical and Environmental Analysis (UCEA)</a></div> <p>Being one of the University Research Facilities (URFs) at PolyU, the UCEA aims at providing access to advanced instruments required for the research work between chemical and environmental research. </p> </li> <li class='facility_listing js--facility_listing js--azlist20'> <div class='facility_listing facility_listing__header'><a href="/facilities/u3dp">University Research Facility in 3D Printing (U3DP)</a></div> <p>U3DP offers 3D printing services in different materials including Metals, Plastics, Resins, Ceramics, Biomaterials, Foods, Silicones, and Nanomaterials.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer> <div class='container footer__container'> <div class='row'> <div class='span12'> <div class='footer_link'><a href="https://www.polyu.edu.hk/privacy-policy-statement/" target="_blank">Privacy Policy Statment</a> | <a href="https://www2.polyu.edu.hk/hro/updates/doc/pics.pdf" target="_blank">PICS for staff</a></div> <div class='footer__copyright'>© Copyright 2020–2025 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University</div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </body> </html>