/coloradan/ en /coloradan/2024/03/04/engineering-professor-matt-morris-rebuilds-his-home-cu-students <span>Engineering professor Matt Morris Rebuilds His Home with CU Students</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-03-04T00:00:00-07:00" title="Monday, March 4, 2024 - 00:00">Mon, 03/04/2024 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/web-home_rebuild_matt_morris_20231215_jmp_005.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&amp;itok=ZanMnYe_" width="1200" height="600" alt="Matt Morris at his new home in Superior"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/58"> Campus News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/296" hreflang="en">Engineering</a> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/1537" hreflang="en">Marshall Fire</a> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/786" hreflang="en">Students</a> </div> <a href="/coloradan/christie-sounart">Christie Sounart</a> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><h3>December 2023&nbsp;</h3><p>Engineering professor <strong>Matt Morris</strong> (CivEngr’99; MS’02), pictured left, and his family lost everything they owned along with their home of 16 years in the 2021 Marshall Fire in Superior, Colorado. Nearly two years later, the family celebrated Christmas in the same spot — in their newly constructed house.&nbsp;</p><p>Morris, two of his students — <strong>George Kurtz </strong>(ArchEngr’24), pictured center, and <strong>Daniel Donado Quintero</strong> (CivEngr’22; PhD ex’26), pictured right&nbsp;— and volunteers constructed more than 80% of the home themselves.&nbsp;</p><p>“The experience changed my character and my understanding of commitment, discipline and accountability,” Quintero <a href="/ceae/2023/12/21/engineering-students-help-professor-rebuild-home-he-lost-marshall-fire" rel="nofollow">told the engineering school</a>.</p><p><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-gold ucb-link-button-default ucb-link-button-regular" href="/coloradan/submit-your-feedback" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents"><i class="fa-solid fa-pencil">&nbsp;</i>&nbsp;Submit feedback to the editor</span></a></p><hr><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p>Photo by Jesse Petersen</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><hr></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>He and his family lost everything in the 2021 Marshall Fire. </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <a href="/coloradan/spring-2024" hreflang="und">Spring 2024</a> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2024-10/web-home_rebuild_matt_morris_20231215_jmp_005_0.jpg?itok=inYaD4JI" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Home Rebuild"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 04 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 12214 at /coloradan