At Stanford University, he is the Robert and Barbara Kleist Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus.
[1] Dutton also served as the undergraduate advisor for Stanford University Department of Electrical Engineering, succeeded by John M. Pauly.
[2][3] In 1991, Dutton was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for pioneering contributions to the development of computer-aided modeling of semiconductor devices and fabrication processes.
Dutton attended University of California, Berkeley for his BS (1966), MS (1967), and PhD (1970).
The software resulting from Dutton's research; SUPREM, (Stanford University Process Engineering Models) and PISCES (Poisson and Continuity Equation Solver), were adopted by industry.