Raheel Shaikh

Raheel Shaikh

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Raheel Shaikh received his BE(Hons) degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the University Technology PETRONAS Malaysia in 2011 under the Full Bright scholarship program. He has been serving as an Oil & Gas professional for 8 years in Malaysia's National Oil&Gas company. With the latest developments across the industry and globally, and pursuant to his passion for learning and researching, he decided to undergo PhD to do research under the domain of Renewable Energy with the title of Energy Storage Systems Optimization.

Modelling the renewable energy generation and storage requirements for Australian case study. 

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2022 - 2022 Tutor- Research Methods & Project management University of Adelaide
    2021 - 2021 Lab Demonstrator University of Adelaide
    2013 - ongoing Hook Up & Commissioning Engineer PETRONAS
    2011 - 2012 Electrical Design Engineer Descon Integrated Projects Limited

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2020 Scholarship Undergraduate Full Bright Scholarship University Technology Petronas Malaysia -

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    Malay Can read, speak and understand spoken
    Sindhi Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    Urdu Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2007 - 2011 University Technology Petronas Malaysia Bachelors (Hons) of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

  • Certifications
    Date Title Institution name Country
    2019 IEC Certification System for Explosive Atmospheres Sirim Berhad Malaysia

  • Research Interests
    Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering Engineering Instrumentation Power and Energy Systems Engineering Renewable Power

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2024 Shaikh, R. A., Vowles, D. J., Dinovitser, A., Allison, A., & Abbott, D. (2024). Robust capital cost optimization of generation and multitimescale storage requirements for a 100% renewable Australian electricity grid. PNAS NEXUS, 3(4), 14 pages.
    DOI
    2023 Shaikh, R. A., Vowles, D. J., Allison, A., & Abbott, D. (2023). Evaluation of Australia's Generation-Storage Requirements in a Fully Renewable Grid with Intermittent and Flexible Generation. IEEE Access, 11, 64201-64218.
    DOI Scopus2
    2022 Salmachi, A., Hosseini, T., Shaikh, R. A., Dinovitser, A., & Abbott, D. (2022). Techno-economic assessment of hydrogen pipe storage in decommissioned wellbores sourced from surplus renewable electricity. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47(56), 23710-23720.
    DOI Scopus8 WoS1

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2024 Shaikh, R. A., Kumar, Y. P. S., Islam, S. M. M., & Abbott, D. (2024). Techno-economic Analysis of Optimal Grid-Connected Renewable Electricity and Hydrogen-to-Power Dispatch. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol. 2689 (pp. 012013). IOP Publishing.
    DOI
    2023 Donnellan, B., Vowles, D. J., Shaikh, R. A., & Soong, W. L. (2023). Sizing of Energy Storage Based on the Duration of Stored Energy. In 2022 32nd Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2022 (pp. 6 pages). Online: IEEE.
    DOI
    2022 Shaikh, R. A., Vowles, D. J., Allison, A., & Abbott, D. (2022). Impact of high renewable penetration on storage requirements for Australia. In 2021 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia) (pp. 1-5). online: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS2
    2018 Mahbob, I. N., Ooi, R. E. H., Jaidi, M. Z., & Ahmed, S. R. (2018). Rejuvenation of a matured oil field: Getting ready for EOR. In Offshore Technology Conference Asia 2018, OTCA 2018. OTC.
    DOI
    2011 Sahoo, N. C., Elamvazuthi, I., Shaikh, R. A., & Nor, N. M. (2011). A comparative study of single pulse voltage and hysteresis current control methods for switched reluctance motors. In Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Energy, Automation and Signal, ICEAS - 2011 (pp. 430-435). IEEE.
    DOI Scopus2

Research Methods & Project Management

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2017 - ongoing Member Board of Engineers Malaysia Malaysia
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