ICOHTEC is pleased to announce that the 2026 Maurice Daumas Article Prize has been awarded to Boyd Ruamcharoen for the article “Tropicalizing the Portable Radio: Electronics and the U.S. Military’s Battle against Fungi in the Pacific War,” published in Technology and Culture.
The Prize Committee praised the article for its rich analysis of the use of radio and other electronic devices by the U.S. Army in tropical environments during the Second World War, and for its contribution to the history of electronics miniaturisation and the study of the “tropicalisation” of technology.
The Committee also awarded a Diploma to Hyeok Hweon Kang for the article “Global History and the Measures of Early Modern Technology: Europe, East Asia, and the Case of Smoothbore Ballistics,” published in the Journal of World History.
Read the full announcement on the Maurice Daumas Prize page:
https://www.icohtec.org/prizes/maurice-daumas-prize/