Sara Tehranipoor

Sara Tehranipoor serves as an Assistant Professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University's Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. Her research program spans hardware security foundations to applied machine learning solutions, with expertise in hardware security primitives, side-channel analysis, and hardware obfuscation techniques.

Her academic background includes:

• Ph.D. from University of Connecticut (2017)
• M.S. from Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran, Iran (2013)
• B.S. from Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran (2011)

Dr. Tehranipoor's scholarly work addresses critical vulnerabilities in integrated circuit security through innovative approaches combining traditional hardware security methods with machine learning frameworks. Her research demonstrates particular strength in developing countermeasures against physical attacks and creating robust hardware trust anchors for IoT devices.

She has received the following recognition:

• Best Technical Paper Award at VLSID 2017 and Embedded Systems 2017

As an educator, she has mentored over 40 graduate and undergraduate students in research theses and senior design projects. Her professional service includes editorial roles for IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine and Discover Internet of Things Journal, along with active committee participation in IEEE/ACM conferences (ISQED, GLSVLSI, DAC) and leadership in Women in Engineering initiatives including the Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Conference WMiCS session.