Jim Plummer is the Dean of the School of Engineering, the Frederick Emmons Terman Professor of Engineering, and the John M. Fluke Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, where he researches silicon integrated circuit devices and technology.

He is a co-inventor of the basic T-RAM technology, and his primary interests are in developing physically based models for silicon structures and fabrication processes and applying these results in the design of new devices, including nanoscale structures, high voltage devices, and devices and circuits aimed at special applications.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of International Rectifier and the Technical Advisory Board of Cypress Semiconductor.

Professor Plummer received his B.S. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.