RIT Croatia Honors Program Students Impress with their Research

RIT Croatia launched its Honors Program in the fall of 2022 with the aim to provide excellent students the opportunity to engage in scholarly work and get the most out of their studies at RIT Croatia.

Administered by Dr. Jakob Patekar, General Education and Research Chair, and Marija Šušak Mišetić, Academic Affairs and Student Services Manager, this program is a great addition to RIT Croatia’s academic offering, which provides eligible students the chance to challenge themselves in exploring and researching various academic areas, and advance their knowledge and skills.

Eligible students apply to participate in the program by selecting an Honors option from courses offered by RIT Croatia faculty. They work with their mentor and explore a chosen topic. Aside from the learning outcomes for students, this endeavor can result in deliverables such as studies, papers, and projects.

Following fantastic work produced by students during the fall semester, 14 students participated in the Honors Program in the spring semester:

• Artificial intelligence and employment: less need for blue-collar or white-collar jobs? by Natali Belušić (ECON-201 Principles of Macroeconomics); mentor: Dr. Jasminka Samardžija
• Writing With ChatGPT by Nikola Črček (UWRT-150 Writing Seminar); mentor. Dr. Jakob Patekar
• Kelly Model: Optimal Investments by Viktor Čudoski (STAT-146 Intro to Stats II); mentor: Dr. Kristijan Tabak
• Chat GPT-Rest API in Java by Franko Fišter (ISTE-121 Comp Prb Solving); mentor: Dr. Alan Mutka
• Financial Market And Optionsby Mislav Grgić (STAT-146 Intro to Stats II); mentor: Dr. Kristijan Tabak
• Perfect CV by Mia Ivančić (MGMT-330 Design Thinking); mentor: Velebit Mirić, MS
• Studying Coffee Demand Using Functions of Two VariablesVariables by Mariia Ivashko (MATH-161 Applied Calculus); mentor: Dr. Kristina Šorić
• Impact of phone usage and social media on mental health state by Antonia Kurtović (MATH-161 Applied Calculus); mentor: Dr. Kristina Šorić
• Artificial Intelligence and Productivity by Antonia Kurtović (ECON-201 Principles of Macroeconomics); mentor: Dr. Jasminka Samardžija
• Women in Graphic Novels by Marta Primorac (ENGL-312 Themes in American Literature); mentor: Dr. Evelina Miščin
• Philosophy In Business: Positive Impact On Long-Term Success by Marta Primorac (PHIL-311 East Asian Philosophy); mentor: Dr. Francis Brassard
• Perfect CV by Luka Puntijar (MGMT-330 Design Thinking); mentor: Velebit Mirić, MS
• The connection of happiness, demand and price in the form of functions by Isabell Repalust (MATH-161 Applied Calculus); mentor: Dr. Kristina Šorić
• Object-Relational Mapping Techniques in Java by Vito Schuster (ISTE-330, Database Connectivity and Access); mentor: Dr. Branko Mihaljević
• Performance comparison Between Relational and NoSQL Databases by Luka Lasić (ISTE-230, Intro to Databases and Data Modeling); mentor: Dr. Aleksandar Radovan

On April 28th, thirteen students presented their research at the 2nd Honors Program Colloquium held at the Zagreb campus.

Congratulations to all the Honors Program students on their impressive work and amazing presentations. We look forward to seeing more of their fantastic accomplishments!