Nicholas Francken

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Contact

Nicholas
Francken
Email: 
nicholas.francken@uantwerpen.be
Address: 

Universiteitsplein 1, Building N, Room 1.16 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium

Personal

Biography: 

Nicholas obtained his Master of Science (MSc) in Astrohysics & Astronomy, together with completing the Lcie Entrepreneurship Academy, in 2018 at the Catholic University of Leuven. After spending two years as a data scientist in the private sector, he started his PhD at the Imec-Vision Lab in the beginning of 2021.

His research is focused on inline phase contrast x-ray imaging using the edge illumination setup.

Research

- Francken N., Paramonov P., Sijbers J. & De Beenhouwer J. Edge Illumination Phase
Contrast Simulations Using the OptiX GPU Ray Tracing Engine; Poster presented at:
2022 ICTMS Conference; 27 th June to 1 st July 2022; Grenoble, France

Teaching

Teaching activities: 

Exercises "Fysica m.i.v. wiskunde" (Prof. J. Sijbers)
Exercises "Klassieke Veldentheorie" (Prof. P. Scheunders)