This module aims to enable the student to plan and carry out an extended personal research project, leading to a Masters Dissertation, and is a continuation of research in the introductory BARC0051: Computational Research Project. The preparation and writing of an original research project is central to this module, drawing on the previous modules providing the theoretical and practical foundation. Students will be required to plan the research and Dissertation from an early stage, building on their acquired understanding of the field and on the research questions that develop through the year. They will develop the Masters project proposal in cooperation with their individual supervisor.

The dissertation project will provide students with a range of transferrable skills and a deep understanding of multidisciplinary science projects.

The student will carry out a personal science research project involving computational systems in architecture, by carrying out the following elements of the research project under tutorship and guidance of their supervisor(s):

Define a research question, setting scientific research in the context of adaptive architecture. This will normally draw on prior projects in the introductory Computational Research Projects (BARC0051).
	Conduct an extensive, independent literature research using on-line databases of primary literature, and critically survey the obtained literature.
	Plan and follow a schedule of defined project phases, to ensure algorithm implementation, experiments, evaluation and other required elements are performed adequately.
	Execute computationally related scientific research, in laboratory, desktop, or field. The Module is particularly research intensive, and builds in terms 2, 3 and 4 on the prior projects as mentioned above.
	Critically interpret research results and compose a summary of scientific achievements, supported by discussions with the supervisor(s).
	Promote knowledge transfer and skills to new settings.
	A full understanding of the planning, execution, monitoring and delivery, and interpretation of research in the design or analysis of architecture, conducted by computational methods.
	Understanding and use literature databases to perform literature research.
	Understanding of the execution of laboratory, desktop and field research and knowledge of scientific research methods to answer research questions.
	Knowledge of the relationship between research results and wider contexts of practice and policy.
	Confident communication of research to various audiences in a written or oral manner.
	Exhibition of leadership in the field and preparation to continue their research or professional career in the same or related discipline.