Robert A. Goehlich

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Robert.Goehlich@erau.edu

School of Engineering

Worldwide College of Aviation

Areas of Expertise

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Robert A. Goehlich

Overview

Born in Berlin, Germany, Dr. Robert A. Goehlich has been an assistant professor at Embry-Riddle Worldwide's Europe Campus since 2009. He received his doctoral degree in Economics (Dr. rer. pol.) at the European Business School (Oestrich-Winkel, Germany) in 2008. Dr. Goehlich studied Aerospace Engineering at the Technical University Berlin from 1996 to 2000 and received his doctoral degree in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) in 2003.

Since 2006, he has developed or managed various projects at a leading aerospace company. From 2003 to 2005, Dr. Goehlich created and lectured the world’s first “Space Tourism” Master’s and Ph.D. courses as a visiting professor at Keio University (Yokohama, Japan). He was also involved in JAXA’s Future Space Transportation System Team concerning cost optimization and in NASA’s “Moon, Mars and beyond” vision concerning “Economic Development of Space” project.

He has done research stays and consulting in the fields of jet engines, reusable launch vehicles, and space tourism at the Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel), at the University of Washington (Seattle, U.S.), at the National Aerospace Laboratory (Tokyo, Japan), and at EADS Space (Kourou Spaceport, French Guiana).

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D. - Doctoral in Economic Sciences, European Business School Schloss Reichartshausen

D. - Doctoral in Engineering Sciences, Technical University Berlin

M. - Master in Engineer: Traffic Science Aerospace Technology, Technical University Berlin

For further information, visit www.goehlich.com.
For further information, visit www.goehlich.com.
​For further information, visit www.goehlich.com.

Teaching

  • PMGT 690: Project Management Capstone
  • MGMT 416: Space Tourism

BSAB 416 Space Tourism

ASCI 512 Space Mission & Launch Operations

ASCI 513 Space Habitation and Life Support Systems


RSCH 670 Research Methods

RSCH 665 Statistical Analysis

ASCI 691 Capstone Project


PMGT 690 Project Management Capstone

ASCI 531 Robotics and Control

PMGT 614 Directing & Controlg Projects

Research

  • (Dirk Schumann, Robert A. Goehlich) Publications (2025)
  • (Robert A. Goehlich, Ralf Bebenroth) Publications (2024)
  • (Robert A. Goehlich, Ralf Bebenroth) Publications (2023)
  • (Robert O. Walton, Robert A. Goehlich) International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace (2022)
  • (Ralf Bebenroth, Robert A. Goehlich) Publications (2021)
  • (Robert A. Goehlich, Ralf Bebenroth) Publications (2017)
  • (Robert A. Goehlich) Publications (2014)
  • (Robert A. Goehlich, Jay K. Anderson, Nathan N. Harrold, Joseph A. Bemis, Mike T. Nettleingham, Joshua M. Cobin, Bradley R. Zimmerman, Ben L. Avni, Michael D. Gonyea, Nicholas Y. Ilchena) Applied Aerospace Science (2013)
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