Vishak's research focuses on Digital Twins and Cyber-Physical Energy Systems Optimisation. He holds an MSc in Civil and Structural Engineering with Distinction and a First-Class BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering from Teesside University. He is also a Tutor in Project Management (Engineering) and delivers a number of modules on the MSc Project Management (Online) course.

His research interests include integration of technologies in engineering and energy efficiency: Digital Twin, Building Information Modelling (BIM), Augmented Reality (AR), Internet of Things (IoT) Sensors, Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (CPES), and Building Simulation and Optimisation.

Vishak previously had a key role in the following research and innovation projects: EU Horizon 2020 XR4ALL funded project SensAR (Near-Real Time Sensory Data in AR), Integration of BIM and AR, the Smart City Sensing project, and the Calibration of Environmental Monitoring Sensors project. He is currently on the SETsquared Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) Discovery Programme funded by UKRI Innovate UK, exploring the commercialisation routes for SensAR.

Vishak is a Fellow (FRSA) of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce as well as currently an Associate Fellow (AFHEA) of Advance HE (Higher Education), a Member of the International Building Performance and Simulation Association (IBPSA) England, a Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert, an Associate Member of the Energy Institute (AMEI), a Graduate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (GMICE), and an ICE Teesside Branch Committee member. He was the SmartBuilt4EU Task Force 2B Member focused on Optimised building costs. He is regularly invited to review papers submitted to international journals and conferences.

He is currently collaborating with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) on OptiRELS (Optimisation-Based Calibration of Residential Electric Load Simulation), an Exploratory Research project.