Lewis Honors College engineering student 'on track' to achieve roller coaster design dreams

Every year, millions of amusement park patrons from coast to coast and around the world stand in line — often for hours under a scorching sun — to experience the brief adrenaline-fueled, stomach-flipping thrills of roller coasters.

For most, the exhilaration dissipates when they exit the wooden or steel-tracked car. For others, it marks the genesis of a lifelong career as it did for Lewis Honors College student Brysen Honeycutt.