Professor Rick Franich
Professor
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College: School of Science
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Department: School of Science
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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rick.franich@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Research projects:
- Radiation Delivery to a Moving Target - RMIT Institute for Sustainable Health and Well-Being project conducted in collaboration with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
- Characterisation and Improvement of Radiation Beams used for Radiotherapy of Small Lesions - Australian Research Council Linkage Project conducted jointly by RMIT and the William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre at The Alfred Hospital.
- In vivo Assessment of Radiation Dose from Inhalation of Radioactive Dust in the Mining and Milling of Radioactive Ores - Australian Research Council Linkage Project conducted jointly by RMIT and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA).
Grants and awards:
- 2007 RMIT Emerging Researcher Grant
Consultancy
- Consultant to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) advisory group to direct the activities of the IAEA Coordinated Research Project: Improvement of the Reliability and Accuracy of Heavy Ion Beam Nuclear Analytical Techniques
Teaching awards
- 2007 Nominated for Student’s Choice Teaching Award as part of the SET Pro-Vice Chancellor's Teaching Quality Awards
- 2005 Student’s Choice Teaching Award nominee
- 1999 Lecturer of the Year Award (2nd year) from the RMIT Physics Students Association
- Radiation Delivery to a Moving Target - RMIT Institute for Sustainable Health and Well-Being project conducted in collaboration with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
- Characterisation and Improvement of Radiation Beams used for Radiotherapy of Small Lesions - Australian Research Council Linkage Project conducted jointly by RMIT and the William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre at The Alfred Hospital.
- In vivo Assessment of Radiation Dose from Inhalation of Radioactive Dust in the Mining and Milling of Radioactive Ores - Australian Research Council Linkage Project conducted jointly by RMIT and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA).
Grants and awards:
- 2007 RMIT Emerging Researcher Grant
Consultancy
- Consultant to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) advisory group to direct the activities of the IAEA Coordinated Research Project: Improvement of the Reliability and Accuracy of Heavy Ion Beam Nuclear Analytical Techniques
Teaching awards
- 2007 Nominated for Student’s Choice Teaching Award as part of the SET Pro-Vice Chancellor's Teaching Quality Awards
- 2005 Student’s Choice Teaching Award nominee
- 1999 Lecturer of the Year Award (2nd year) from the RMIT Physics Students Association
Supervisor projects
- Development, modelling, and testing of an electromagnetic radiation shield for deployment on crewed spacecraft
- 18 Jan 2024
- Disease Staging in Prostate Cancer using automated functional image assessment
- 8 Dec 2020
- A Computerised Treatment Planning System for Synchrotron Radiotherapy
- 23 Nov 2020
- Developing a dosimetric audit process for existing and emerging methods for motion management in radiotherapy
- 21 Aug 2020
- Quantitatively evaluating the effect of radiotherapy on the growth of paediatric patients using anatomical dose mapping models
- 16 Jul 2020
- A phantom-based investigation of the Elekta Unity deformable image registration and online adaptive planning algorithms for SSIMRT Head and Neck treatment plans.
- 29 May 2020
- Real-time dosimetric evaluation in a treatment verification system for high dose rate brachytherapy of prostate cancer
- 23 Dec 2019
- Active Radiation Shielding Materials
- 19 Dec 2019
- An Investigation into the Tertiary Radiation Contributions within an Interventional Radiology Suite
- 27 Jun 2019
- Addressing the issue of changing patient anatomy during radiotherapy using Deformable Image Registration (DIR) techniques
- 14 Dec 2018
- Development of an Image Correction Pipeline for Upright Radiotherapy Delivered via a Conventional Linac
- 13 Dec 2018
- Investigating the Combined Effects of Ionising Radiation and Gold Nanoparticles on Cellular Mitochondria: An Empirical and Simulation Study
- 2 Oct 2017
- Dosimetry of Small Megavoltage Photon Fields Based on Dose-area Product
- 3 Mar 2014
- Nanoparticle Dose Enhancement and 3-D Dosimetric Verification of Synchrotron Microbeam Radiation
- 4 Mar 2013
- In vivo verification of radiation dose to healthy tissue during radiotherapy for breast cancer
- 27 Feb 2012
Teaching interests
- Program Coordinator: Master of Applied Science (Medical and Health Physics)
- Course Coordinator: PHYS2089 Medical Imaging Physics; PHYS2090 Radiation Physics and Radiation Protection; PHYS2092 Radiation Transport Modelling and Radiotherapy Physics
- Lecturer: PHYS2076 Quantum Mechanics and Radiation Physics; PHYS1083 Advanced Laboratory Techniques; PHYS2074 Photonics and Nuclear Physics
- Previous: Radiation Laboratory Techniques, Classical Mechanics, Optics Laboratory; Medical Radiations Courses: Nuclear Medicine Technology, Radiological Imaging Technology, Medical Radiation Technology; Service Physics (for students of external departments and faculties): Instrumentation, Radiation and Thermodynamics, Satellite Physics, Optics, Mechanics.
Supervisor interests
Medical and Radiotherapy Physics, radiation transport modelling, Health Physics, Ion Beam Analysis
- Course Coordinator: PHYS2089 Medical Imaging Physics; PHYS2090 Radiation Physics and Radiation Protection; PHYS2092 Radiation Transport Modelling and Radiotherapy Physics
- Lecturer: PHYS2076 Quantum Mechanics and Radiation Physics; PHYS1083 Advanced Laboratory Techniques; PHYS2074 Photonics and Nuclear Physics
- Previous: Radiation Laboratory Techniques, Classical Mechanics, Optics Laboratory; Medical Radiations Courses: Nuclear Medicine Technology, Radiological Imaging Technology, Medical Radiation Technology; Service Physics (for students of external departments and faculties): Instrumentation, Radiation and Thermodynamics, Satellite Physics, Optics, Mechanics.
Supervisor interests
Medical and Radiotherapy Physics, radiation transport modelling, Health Physics, Ion Beam Analysis
Research interests
- Dosimetric Modelling in Radiotherapy
- Characterisation of External Beam and Brachytherapy sources for Radiotherapy
- Monte Carlo simulation of radiation transport with applications to Ion Beam Analysis
- Heavy Ion Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis of surfaces and thin films
- Gamma Ray Spectroscopy of lung burdens in workers involved in the mining and milling of radioactive ores
- Characterisation of External Beam and Brachytherapy sources for Radiotherapy
- Monte Carlo simulation of radiation transport with applications to Ion Beam Analysis
- Heavy Ion Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis of surfaces and thin films
- Gamma Ray Spectroscopy of lung burdens in workers involved in the mining and milling of radioactive ores
