Afzel Noore

Professor, Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Professor, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Approved Graduate Faculty for CEMR MS and PhD committees

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Afzel Noore received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University. From 1980 to 1982, he was a digital design engineer at Philips India. From 1996 to 2003, Dr. Noore served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Special Assistant to the Dean in the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. His research interests include software reliability modeling, consumer electronics, fuzzy and neural systems, fault-tolerant computing, microelectronics and biometrics. His research has been funded by Westinghouse, GE, NSF, Electric Power Research Institute, DOE and the Department of Justice.
Education
	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, 1987
	M.S., Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1980
	B.S., Electronics and Communication Engineering, University of Madras, 1977
Research Focus Areas
	Biometrics
Research Interests
	Software Reliability
	Computer Security
	Digital Watermarking
Teaching Interests
	Digital Logic Design
	VLSI Design and Testing
	Digital Watermarking and Steganography
	Biometrics
	Reliable Computer Design
Professional Societies
	IEEE