He is notable for his contributions to robust controller design and model order reduction.
[citation needed] Glover studied at Imperial College London (BSc, 1967) and MIT (PhD, 1973).
In 1976, he moved to the University of Cambridge, where he became professor of control engineering and a fellow of Sidney Sussex College.
[3][4] Glover's research has dealt with both theoretical contributions to control and practical applications in the automotive and aerospace domains.
A notable contribution was the development (with Duncan McFarlane) of the 'H∞ loop-shaping' technique for robust control design.