Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied by theinventors: “Reliable infrastructure (e.g., transportation, telecommunication, energy, water, etc.) is vital toevery country’s economy. Bot h public entities (e.g., federal, state, county, and municipal governments)and private entities (e.g., utility companies) invest enormous amounts of resources to build and maintaininfrastructure assets such as roads, railways, bridges, ca nals, airports, pipelines, cables, etc.”