Rasheek Rifaat has more than 40 years of Canadian and overseas experience in cogeneration and thermal power generating stations, power transmission and distribution, and electrical systems for utilities as well as mining, heavy industries and commercial facilities.

Rasheek has experience with various projects, ranging from installation of control panels and 600 V MCCs for material handling systems to large 800 MW thermal generating stations. He is experienced in transmission lines; plant generation; cogeneration and utility inter-ties; substations and plant protection systems design; coordination and relay setting; 34.5kV, 25kV, 13.8 kV, 4.16 kV, 2.4 kV as well as 600 and 480 V plant distribution; UPS systems; automatic bus transfer; large motor circuit design; transformer installation; 240, 138, 72, 34.5 and 25 kV transmission; distribution and distribution substation systems; 25 kV rural distribution underground cable installation; power and HV cable installations; and control of large electrical furnaces.

Rasheek has performed power system studies, voltage transient and induction studies, transient recovery voltage studies, insulation coordination, and reliability assessment studies for transmission, distribution and industrial distribution systems. He has been very involved in all areas of project implementation and management, from feasibility to commissioning and final operation. 

Rasheek has authored and co-authored over 30 technical papers that were subjected to peer review and accepted for Conferences’ presentation or IEEE Transaction’s publication