Engineering News Record Names Monzer Hourani of Houston as Top Engineer of the Year and Award of Excellence Recipient for Warp Speed Deployment of Breakthrough COVID-19 Killing HVAC Filter Endorsed by American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Monzer Hourani, CEO of Houston-based Integrated Viral Protection and Medistar, will be bestowed Engineering News Record’s (ENR) highest recognition as the recipient of the 2021 ENR Award of Excellence. The ENR Award of Excellence winner is selected from the Top 25 Newsmakers of 2020. (ENR article about Hourani available here.)

Hourani is being honored for inventing the IVP Biodefense Indoor Air System, the only existing air filter system proven by Texas-based research institutions to instantaneously catch and kill airborne COVID-19 (99.999%) and other biological viruses in a single pass. The invention has FDA approval for emergency use during the COVID-19 pandemic. This system is proven as the only technology to “catch and kill” actual SARS-CoV-2 (99.999%), the virus causing COVID-19, and other dangerous airborne pathogens, instantaneously.

Hourani will receive ENR’s highest honor, the Award of Excellence, for his lifetime achievement in structural engineering, architecture, design, and real estate development as well as for his breakthrough invention of the Biodefense Indoor Air Protection Filtration System.

ENR’s 2020 Newsmakers of the Year and Award of Excellence Broadcast and Private Event

Private event and live broadcast at InterContinental Houston Texas Medical Center | 6750 Main Street, Houston, Texas.

Thursday, April 8 at 12 p.m. CT

(Guests are asked to be seated by 11:45 a.m. for a private luncheon and broadcast event. Media are invited to cover the event in person and virtually).

Attending the in-person and hybrid ceremony hosted by IVP Air are ENR’s top 25 Newsmakers of the Year and previous Award of Excellence winners from around the country including, Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp, with elected officials including former Texas Governor and U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry; senators Marco Rubio and John Cornyn; former Secretary of Housing and Mayor of San Antonio Henry Cisneros; global health and business leaders such as Mehmet Oz (Dr. Oz); Edward Aldag Jr, CEO of Medical Properties Trust; Tony Misitano, CEO of Post Acute Medical; John Spooner, CEO of Greystone Communities; Kim Bassett, president of Stewart Medical, and leaders of the Texas Medical Center, among others.

FREE Special COVID-19 Tribute Triumph of Our People Celebratory Concerto

Thursday, April 8 at 8 p.m. (Doors open for pre-concert reception at 7 p.m. Valet parking available. Business attire recommended. Face coverings requested for safety of patrons, special guests, and performers.) Admission to the event is available on a first-come, first-served basis (no reserved seating).

Brown Theater – The Wortham Center | 501 Texas Avenue, Houston, Texas

The Wortham is the first entertainment venue in the country to be outfitted with IVP’s indoor biodefense air system.

Special Performances by: David Archuleta, Nathan Pacheco, Moores School Symphony Orchestra, Virtuosi of Houston, members of the Houston Symphony and the Houston Grand Opera. Conductors: Monzer Hourani, Franz Anton Krager, Andrzej Grabiec

To access the concert virtually, please visit www.ivpair.com at 8 p.m. CT on April 8.