• Intercomp Co.'s (Minneapolis) Eric Peterson has been elected the 2006 Society of Allied Weight Engineers (SAWE) president. Peterson works at Intercomp Co. as sales manager for their complete line of weighing equipment serving the transportation and aerospace industries. Peterson is a 14-year member of the SAWE. He was awarded the title of Fellow in 2004 and received the Ed Payne award for Outstanding Young Engineer in 2001. He served as co-chairman of the Metrology Session for three years, international membership chairman from 2000 to 2002, international conference assessment committee chair from 2003 to 2004 and served as the international senior vice president.