ColeBregman
Work

ode. — Audiobook Player
I built a handheld audiobook player so I could listen without my phone. I soldered the electronics together and fitted them into a 3D-printed enclosure. I’m calling it ode. for now.
Manufacturing Design at Apple
I spent a year improving assembly yield, cutting costs, and refining manufacturing processes for high-volume consumer hardware.

Tabletop Factory Model
A ten-foot working miniature of Corning's Harrodsburg glass plant, built with a small team during my Apple internship so stakeholders and press could understand the process without walking the factory floor.

Live Optical Alignment and Automated Lens Testing
I built a test rig and Python interface to speed up optical alignment and lens testing for a new microscope.

Toy Car
I designed a 1920s-style toy car for a manufacturing class, cast the body, and machined a mold for the wheels.
About
I study mechanical engineering at Columbia University and minor in computer science.
I worked on high-volume hardware as a Manufacturing Design Engineering intern at Apple. In summer 2026, I worked on ride development at Walt Disney Imagineering.
When I'm not on a factory floor or in the Creative Machines Lab, I'm usually embroidering, binding a book, or checking on whatever the 3D printer is up to that week.

NYC ↔ Bay Area
Core Skills
Experience

Ride Development Engineering Intern
Developed ride systems for Avengers: Infinity Defense, an upcoming Avengers Campus attraction.
Manufacturing Design Engineering Intern
Drove $2.8M+ in savings across DFM, tooling, materials, and assembly — including raising one assembly from 65% to 99.7% yield. Also built a tabletop model of a partner factory with a small team, later seen on CNBC.
Student Researcher
Designed a test rig and CAD for the NITRO knee replacement (Biomechanics Lab); built a low-cost food 3D printer and a self-diagnostic printing robot (Creative Machines Lab).

Mechanical Engineering Intern
Built an automated optical-alignment rig and real-time GUI — +44% laser precision, −90% alignment time.

Engineering Intern
Designed medical devices, trained interns in NX, and filed USPTO provisional patents for small businesses.
Suzuki Lab Intern
Determined the minimum viable layer thickness for a novel spintronic material.
What to read when...
Personal book recommendations
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