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During 1970-71, he was appointed the
JUO of Liaquat House.
He was also the President of the
Urdu Debating
Society in the same year.
After leaving Petaro, Rifaquat graduated as a
Mechanical Engineer from UET Lahore in 1976.
He then moved to the USA and got his MS
degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of
Technology, NY in 1984.
At present he works as a Research Engineer at Modine Manufacturing Co. in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In this
capacity, Rifaquat has the eminence of developing new
inventions in the field of heat exchangers. Along with
Robert J. Barfknecht, Frank M. Grippe and David E. Janke, he
holds the
patent for heat exchangers having contoured inserts
and method of assembling the same.
He holds another patent on
serpentine slit fin heat sink device with 4
others.
He continued playing football even after Petaro,
and was very active on the national scene. He
became the Captain of the Pakistan National
Football Youth Team during those years before
leaving for the USA.
Rifaquat has been very active with Petarian
activities in North America. He is regarded very
highly and has been the Chief Coordinator of the
Petarian Association of North
America (PANA) during 2005-2006. He hosts
Petarian dinners and events at his own home every
year as well. Petarians from the mid-west often
gather at his place.
He is also a prominent member of the Muslim
community of Wisconsin. He has been the Treasurer
of the Islamic Society of Southeastern Wisconsin
in Kenosha.
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