Dr. Md. Tawfiq Sarwar

• Shome, S., Sarker, S., Mondal, C.S., and Sarwar, M.T., 2025, Predicting Driver Retention in Ride-hailing Services: A Study on the Influence of Socio-Demographic and Behavioral Factors, the seventh Bridging Transport Researchers (BTR) conference, August 2025.  https://bridgingtransport.org/

• Mahmood, K., Ahmed, S.S., Pang, J., Sarwar, M.T., Benedyk, I., Anastasopoulos, P. Ch., Drivers’ Reaction and Yielding Behavior on High Visibility Crosswalks: A Hazard-Based Duration Approach with Correlated Grouped Random Parameter and Means Heterogeneity, 103rd Transportation Research Board Meeting, National Academies, Washington D.C., USA, January 2024.

• Mahmood, K., Ahmed, S.S., Pang, J., Sarwar, M.T., Benedyk, I., Anastasopoulos, P. Ch., In-Depth Assessment of High Visibility Crosswalks: Accounting for Regional and Configuration Characteristics Using a Correlated Grouped Random Parameters Approach with Means Heterogeneity, 103rd Transportation Research Board Meeting, National Academies, Washington D.C., USA, January 2024.

• Mahmud, K., Pang, J., Ahmed , S. S., Yu, G., Sarwar, M. T., Benedyk, I., and Anastasopoulos, P. Ch.,  Lessons Learned from Naturalistic Driving Data Processing in a Secure Data Enclave: Preliminary Discoveries from Analyzing Dash Camera Videos, 102th Transportation Research Board Meeting, National Academies, Washington D.C., USA, January, 2023.

• Sarwar, M. T., Bhargava, A., Sarvani, S., Anastasopoulos, P. Ch., and Mohan, S., Public-Private Partnerships for roadway construction and preservation, and traffic safety: An exploratory empirical analysis of crash frequencies, 98th Transportation Research Board Meeting, National Academies, Washington D.C., January, 2019.

• Sarwar, M. T., Bentley, C., Fountas, G., Anastasopoulos, P. Ch., Blatt, A., Pierowicz, J., Majka, K., Limoges, R., A preliminary investigation of the effectiveness of high visibility crosswalks on pedestrian safety, 96th Transportation Research Board Meeting, National Academies, Washington D.C., January 2017.

• Fountas, G., Sarwar, M. T., and Anastasopoulos, P. Ch., Blatt, A., Majka, K., Analysis of stationary and dynamic factors affecting highway accident occurrence, 96th Transportation Research Board Meeting, National Academies, Washington D.C., January 2017.

• Golshani, N., Sarwar, M. T., Anastasopoulos, P. Ch., and Hulme, K., Exploratory empirical analysis of measured and perceived aggressive driving behavior in a driving simulation environment, 96th Transportation Research Board Meeting, National Academies, Washington D.C., January 2017.

• Blatt, A., Pierowicz, J., Majka, K., Pantangi, S. P., Sarwar, M. T., Anastasopoulos, P. Ch., and Thor, C., The development of new insights into driver behavior to improve high visibility enforcement programs, Fifth International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving Research, Blacksburg, Virginia, August, 2016.

• Sarwar, M. T., Anastasopoulos, P. Ch., Ukkusuri, S. V., Murray-Tuite, P., and Mannering, F. L. Statistical analysis of the dynamics of household hurricane-evacuation decisions, 95th Transportation Research Board Meeting, National Academies, Washington D.C., January 2016.

• Sarwar, M. T., and Anastasopoulos, P. Ch. Three-stage least squares analysis of post-rehabilitation pavement performance, 95th Transportation Research Board Meeting, National Academies, Washington D.C., January 2016.

• Sarwar, M. T., and Anastasopoulos, P. Ch. The effect of long term non-invasive pavement deterioration on accident injury-severity rates, 2015 Road Safety & Simulation International Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, October, 2015.

• Sarwar, M. T., Nahidi, S. A. and Anastasopoulos, P. Ch. Analysis of accident injury-severities of helmeted and non-helmeted motorcyclists, 2015 Road Safety & Simulation International Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, October, 2015.

• Sarwar, M. T., and Anastasopoulos, P. Ch. Preliminary Results of three-stage least squares analysis of post-rehabilitation pavement performance, 56th Annual Transportation Research Forum, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March, 2015.

PhD Dissertation: The Effect of Pavement Deterioration on Rural and Urban Roadway Accident Injury-Severities. [PDF file]

M.Sc. Thesis: Modeling the Dynamics of Household-level Hurricane Evacuation Timing Decisions. [PDF file]

1. Student Achievement Highlight: Full Funding Awarded for Graduate Study at UBC Vancouver

We are proud to announce that Mr. Sourav Shome, a recent undergraduate student from the Department of Civil Engineering, East West University (EWU), has been awarded full funding for his Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc.) program in Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada starting from Fall 2025.

Mr. Shome completed his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering with a thesis under the supervision of Dr. Md Tawfiq Sarwar, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, EWU. During his undergraduate studies, he actively participated in four research projects covering key areas of transportation engineering. The resulting papers from these projects are currently under peer review in reputed international journals, reflecting his dedication to research and innovation at an early stage of his academic career.

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is recognized globally for excellence in engineering education and research. According to the QS World University Rankings (2024), UBC ranks 30th worldwide and 2nd in Canada in Civil and Structural Engineering. The Department of Civil Engineering at UBC consistently places among the top 25 civil engineering schools globally, underscoring the outstanding quality of education and research that Mr. Shome will now be a part of.

Mr. Shome’s achievement exemplifies the high caliber of graduates produced by East West University and highlights our continued commitment to fostering research-oriented learning and international academic excellence.

– Dr. Md Tawfiq Sarwar
Associate Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering,
East West University, Dhaka