Experience

Versum Materials

• United States
• Semiconductors
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Principal Research Associate

  • Oct 2016 - Present

  Reinaldo (Ray) Machado is currently employed by Versum Materials in Tempe AZ. Ray has broad technical experience in applied reactor engineering, scale-up of chemical reaction processes, mass transfer, heat transfer, applied reaction calorimetry, hydrogenation, electrochemical engineering, sulfonation, amination, propoxylation, polymerization, and plastics recycling. Ray received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering with a concentration in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a B.A. in chemistry and mathematics from Frostburg State College. He has served as a part-time instructor of a short course “Scale-Up Considerations in Chemical Processes” at Lehigh University and currently teaches industrial courses on the fundamentals of scale-up. He holds 19 patents, has collaborated on 17 publications, and is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Chemical Society. Ray is also president of RM2 Technologies LLC, a company focused on teaching the application of practical mixing technology and takes vacation days from his job at Versum Materials to teach around the world. Proceeds from these training classes support ongoing efforts and projects for EWB, Engineers Without Borders. Show less



rm2technologies LLC

• Lecturer and teacher

  • Jan 2001 - Present

  Ray is also president of RM2 Technologies LLC, a company focused on teaching the application of practical mixing technology and takes vacation days from his job at Air Products to teach around the world. Proceeds from these training classes support ongoing efforts and projects for EWB, Engineers Without Borders. Ray is also president of RM2 Technologies LLC, a company focused on teaching the application of practical mixing technology and takes vacation days from his job at Air Products to teach around the world. Proceeds from these training classes support ongoing efforts and projects for EWB, Engineers Without Borders.



Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

• Senior Research Associate

  • 1985 - Present

  Reinaldo (Ray) Machado is currently employed by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. in Allentown, PA. As a senior consultant specializing in hydrogenation and oxidation reaction engineering, he managed international hydrogenation and oxidation applications development for the Catalytic Reaction Solutions Group. Previously, he gained management experience as group leader for the Reaction Engineering Technology area, a university recruiter, and a technical liaison. Ray has broad technical experience in applied reactor engineering, scale-up of chemical reaction processes, mass transfer, heat transfer, applied reaction calorimetry, hydrogenation, electrochemical engineering, sulfonation, amination, propoxylation, polymerization, and plastics recycling. Ray received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering with a concentration in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a B.A. in chemistry and mathematics from Frostburg State College. He has served as a part-time instructor of a short course “Scale-Up Considerations in Chemical Processes” at Lehigh University and currently teaches industrial courses on the fundamentals of scale-up. He holds 17 patents, has collaborated on 17 publications, and is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Chemical Society. Ray is also president of RM2 Technologies LLC, a company focused on teaching the application of practical mixing technology and takes vacation days from his job at Air Products to teach around the world. Proceeds from these training classes support ongoing efforts and projects for EWB, Engineers Without Borders. Show less

• Principal Research Associate

  • Jun 1986 - Sep 2016

  Provided technical leadership and guidance to a team of scientists, research, operations and plant engineers to successfully develop and commercialize a novel electrochemical technology for the manufacture of nitrogen trifluoride, NF3. Nitrogen trifluoride is used in the electronics and solar manufacturing industry for chamber cleaning and is a core product within Air Products Electronics Business. Supported the NF3 plant start-up, optimization, and continuous improvement in South Korea.Led an R&D electrochemical technology team to develop and patent a novel electrochemical process for the manufacture of germane, GeH4, which is used in the electronics industry, providing Air Products with a unique manufacturing option.Provided technical leadership, consulting to our engineering teams in the scale-up and pilot testing of state-of-the-art batch and continuous hydrogenation and crystallization processes for the manufacture of specialty amines used the polyurethane and epoxy industry. The reactor technology is being commercialized with the construction of a new chemical plant in Pasadena Texas. Mentoring junior engineers and teaching advanced technology courses in areas of applied process development, hydrogenation, electrochemical engineering and industrial mixing; Europe, North America, China and South Korea. Show less