Dr. Golam Sarwar

AMD Staff

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Air Resources), University of Texas at Austin
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Physical Scientist, USEPA/ORD/NERL/AMAD/AMDB, Research Triangle Park, NC, 2003–present
Research Engineer, CEER, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2002–2003
Graduate Research Assistant, CEER, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2000–2002
Staff Environmental Engineer, Dow Chemical Corporation, Hahnville, LA, 1998–2000
Environmental Engineer, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TX, 1992–1998

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS

USEPA/ORD Bronze Medal, 2008
USEPA/AMD Superior Accomplishment Recognition Award, 2007
USEPA/ORD Bronze Medal, 2006
USEPA/NERL Special Achievement Award, 2006
USEPA/AMD Superior Accomplishment Recognition and Team Award, 2006
USEPA/AMD Superior Accomplishment Recognition Award, 2005
USEPA/AMD Superior Accomplishment Recognition Award, 2004
Merit scholarship, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 1983-1987

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (since 1991)

Sarwar, G., V. M. Torres, and R. L. Corsi, 2008. Measurement of volatile organic compounds from industrial cooling waters, submitted to Environmental Progress.
Sarwar, G., D. Luecken, G. Yarwood, G. Whitten, B. Carter, 2008. Impact of an updated Carbon Bond mechanism on air quality using the Community Multiscale Air Quality modeling system: preliminary assessment. J. of Applied Meteorology & Climatology, 47, 3-14.
Sarwar, G., S. Roselle, R. Mathur, W. Appel, R. L. Dennis, B. Vogel, 2008. A Comparison of Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System Predictions with Observations from the North East Oxidant and Particle Study, Atmospheric Environment, 42, 5760-5770.
Appel, K.W., P. V. Bhave, A. B. Gilliland, G. Sarwar, S. J. Roselle, 2008. Evaluation of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model version 4.5: Uncertainties and sensitivities impacting model performance; Part II - particulate matter, Atmospheric Environment, 42, 6057-6066
Luecken, D.J., S. Phillips, G. Sarwar, and C. Jang, 2007. Effects of using the CB05 vs. SAPRC99 vs. CB4 chemical mechanism on model predictions: ozone and gas-phase photochemical precursor concentrations, Atmospheric Environment, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.
Appel, K.W., A. B. Gilliland, G. Sarwar, R. C. Gilliam, 2007. Evaluation of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model version 4.5: Uncertainties and sensitivities impacting model performance; Part I – ozone, Atmospheric Environment, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.
Sarwar, G. and P. Bhave, 2007. Modeling the effect of chlorine emissions on atmospheric ozone across the eastern United States. J. of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 46, 1009-1019.
Sarwar, G. and R. Corsi, 2007. The effects of ozone/limonene reactions on indoor secondary organic aerosols, Atmospheric Environment, 41, 959-973.
Sarwar, G., R. Corsi, J. Banks, K. Kinney, 2005. Ammonia emissions from pine and oak forest floors in east Texas, Atmospheric Environment, 39: 7137-7153.
Hubbard, H.F, B.K Coleman, G. Sarwar, R.L. Corsi, 2005. Effects of an ozone generating air purifier on indoor secondary particles in three residential buildings, Indoor Air, 15: 432-444.
Sarwar, G., Olson, D., Corsi, R., Weschler, C., 2004. Indoor fine particles: the role of terpene emissions from consumer products, J. of Air & Waste Management Association, 54: 367-377.
Sarwar, G., Corsi, R., Allen, D., Weschler, C., 2003. The significance of secondary organic aerosol formation and growth in buildings: experimental and computational evidence, Atmospheric Environment, 37: 1365-1381.
Sarwar, G., Corsi, R., Kimura, Y., Allen, D., Weschler, C., 2002. Hydroxyl radicals in indoor environments, Atmospheric Environment, 36: 3973-3988.
Matthews, R., Sarwar, G., Hall, M., Filipe, D., Miller, D., Cernansky, N., 1991. Predictions of cyclic variability in an SI engine and comparisons with experimental data, SAE Technical Paper Series 912345.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (since 2005)

Pinder, R. W., P. V. Bhave, A. G. Carlton, R. L. Dennis, J. Godowitch, R. Mathur, S. L. Napelenok, J. Pleim, G. Sarwar, and S. Yu, 2007. CMAQ Simulated Oxidized Nitrogen: Recent Findings and Model Enhancements, 6th Annual CMAS Models-3 User's Conference, October, Chapel Hill, NC.
Roselle, S., D. Leucken, W. Hutzell, R. Bullock, G. Sarwar, and K. Schere, 2007. Development of a Multipollutant Version of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model, the 6th Annual CMAS Models-3 User's Conference, October 1-3, Chapel Hill, NC.
Sarwar, G., S. Roselle, R. Mathur, W. Appel, C. R. Philbrick, 2007. A comparison of Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system predictions with observations from the Northeast Oxidant and Particle Study, the Air & Waste Management Association Annual Conference, June 26-28, Pittsburgh, PA.
Sarwar, G., R.L. Dennis, B. Vogel, 2007. The effect of heterogeneous reactions on model performance for nitrous acid, the 29th NATO/SPS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, September 24 -28, Averio, Portugal.
Mobley, J. D., L. L. Beck, G. Sarwar, A. Reff, and M. Houyoux, 2007. SPECIATE - EPA's Database of Speciated Emission Profiles, the 29th NATO/SPS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, September 24 -28, Averio, Portugal.
Bhave, P., G. Sarwar, W. Appel, and R. Dennis, 2006. Revised treatment of N2O5 hydrolysis in CMAQ, the 5th Annual CMAS Models-3 User's Conference, October, 2006 Chapel Hill, NC.
Pleim, J., S. Roselle, P. Bhave, R. Bullock, W. Hutzell, D. Luecken, C. Nolte, G. Sarwar, K. Schere, J. Young, J. Godowitch, and W. Appel, 2006. The 2006 CMAQ release and plans for 2007, the 5th Annual CMAS Models-3 User's Conference, October 16-18, Chapel Hill, NC.
Luecken, D. and G. Sarwar, 2006. Effects of using the CB05 versus the CB4 chemical mechanisms on model predictions, the 5th Annual CMAS Models-3 User's Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.
Sarwar, G., D. Luecken, and G. Yarwood, 2006. Developing and implementing an updated chlorine chemistry into the Community Multiscale Air Quality model, 28th NATO/CCMS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, May 15–19, 2006, Leipzig, Germany. NATO/CCMS, 497–504.
Sarwar, G and P. Bhave, 2005. Modeling the effect of chlorine emissions on atmospheric ozone and secondary organic aerosol concentrations across the United States, the EPA/NOAA Golden Jubilee Symposium, September 20-21, Durham, NC.
Sarwar, G., D. Luecken, G. Yarwood, G. Whitten, and B. Carter, 2005. Implementing an updated Carbon Bond mechanism into the Community Multiscale Air Quality model, the 4th Annual CMAS Models-3 User's Conference, September 26-28, Chapel Hill, NC.
Sarwar, G. and G. Gibson, 2005. The effect of chlorine emissions on tropospheric ozone in the US, the Air & Waste Management Association Annual Conference, June, Minneapolis, MN.

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