/coloradan/ en /coloradan/2024/03/04/engineering-professor-matt-morris-rebuilds-his-home-cu-students <span>Engineering professor Matt Morris Rebuilds His Home with ĂŰĚÇÖ±˛Ą 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="800" 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, ĂŰĚÇÖ±˛Ą. 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