David Woolley Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Texas

• Responsible for oil analysis, data interpretation, and customer support for the largest Caterpillar equipment dealership in the U.S., spanning a territory of 118 counties.
• Conducted testing on 500+ in-service oil samples daily from various compartments of heavy-duty diesel equipment using ICP-OES, FTIR, particle counter, GC, and kinematic viscometers.
• Executed wear rate analysis and fluid condition monitoring on oil and coolant samples, leveraging sample trend data and available maintenance information to assess equipment health.
• Generated oil condition and maintenance recommendation reports through laboratory inventory management systems (LIMS) and communicated findings with customers.
• Attained certification from Caterpillar as a Scheduled Oil Sampling (SOS) Interpreter.

San Antonio, Texas, United States

• Responsible for second shift laboratory operations at a manufacturing plant that blends and packages over 200 different automotive lubricants.
• Analyzed inbound base stocks/additives, blend, outbound bulk, and production samples of oils per ASTM standards using XRF Analyzer, density meter, and Houillon, Cold Cranking Simulator, and Brookfield Viscometers.
• Created work orders, blend corrections, certificates of analysis, and issued bulk inventory.
• Responded to customer complaints and assisted in the development and implementation of Corrective Action Preventative Actions (CAPA’s).
• Updated and maintained physical and digital laboratory records per ISO 9001 guidelines.
• Engaged in monthly plant-wide environmental health and safety audits to ensure compliance with city and water authority plans.

San Antonio, Texas, United States

• Adapted, created, and tested Electrodynamic Balance components to accommodate a gaseous flow of hydrogen peroxide.
• Utilized microscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, LC-MS, and camera imaging techniques to collect atmospherically relevant microdroplet data.
• Contributed to the design of a patented analytical lab instrument for the optical equipment company Microlev.
• Traveled to CU Boulder Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences to study additional levitation techniques.
• Presented research at a summer research symposium and poster presentation.