Published: March 4, 2024 By

December 2023聽

Engineering professor Matt Morris (CivEngr鈥99; MS鈥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 鈥 in their newly constructed house.聽

Morris, two of his students 鈥 George Kurtz (ArchEngr鈥24), pictured center, and Daniel Donado Quintero (CivEngr鈥22; PhD ex鈥26), pictured right聽鈥 and volunteers constructed more than 80% of the home themselves.聽

鈥淭he experience changed my character and my understanding of commitment, discipline and accountability,鈥 Quintero told the engineering school.

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