Robert Hengehold

Robert L. Hengehold (born 18 June 1936) is an American physicist from the Air Force Institute of Technology. In 2009, he was awarded the status of Fellow in the American Physical Society, after they were nominated by their Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics in 2008.

Hengehold is the co-author of a textbook, An Introduction to Laser Weapon Systems, which was used as a resource in a short course offered by Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), in 2009. He served on the faculty of AFIT in 2009 after 40 years of service, including 25 years as head of the Engineering Physics department.