Introduction

This Integrated Diagnostics investigation is supported by The Office of Naval Research under MURI grant # N00014-95-1-0539. The multidisciplinary investigation team includes researchers from the University of Minnesota's Departments of Electrical Engineering, Material Science, and Mechanical Engineering; from Georgia Institute of Technology's Schools of Mechnical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Enigneering; and Northwestern University's Center for Quality Engineering and Failure Prevention.