A power system comprising: at least one machine comprising at least one component; at least one sensor arranged to generate microwave signals that each include a plurality of frequency components within predefined frequency bands having a frequency range between 1 GHz and 20 GHz including a first frequency band including frequencies between 1 GHz and 2 GHz, a second frequency band including frequencies between 2 GHz to 4 GHz, a third frequency band including frequencies between 4 GHz to 8 GHz and a fourth frequency band including frequencies between 8 GHz and 16 GHz, the at least one sensor being positioned proximate to said at least one component and configured to detect at least one fault within the at least one component; and a computing device coupled to said at least one sensor for use with the identification of faults within said power system, said computing device comprising: a processor programmed to: organize data representative of at least one fault within the power system; and generate a graphical representation of the organized data, the graphical representation comprising a comparison of an expected vibration level response curve with an actual vibration level response curve, the expected vibration level response curve being based on an expected vibration level of each frequency received from the at least one sensor for an undamaged component and the actual vibration level response curve being based on an actual vibration level for each frequency received from the at least one sensor and if the difference between each actual vibration level and each expected vibration level is approximately zero, then the component is determined not to contain any faults, including cracks or misalignment of the component; a presentation interface coupled to said processor for presenting the graphical representation to a user to enable the user to identify the at least one fault; and a user interface coupled to said presentation interface and configured to enable the user to select at least one data point on the graphical representation such that the user is enabled to identify at least one variable of the at least one fault. at least one machine comprising at least one component; at least one sensor arranged to generate microwave signals that each include a plurality of frequency components within predefined frequency bands having a frequency range between 1 GHz and 20 GHz including a first frequency band including frequencies between 1 GHz and 2 GHz, a second frequency band including frequencies between 2 GHz to 4 GHz, a third frequency band including frequencies between 4 GHz to 8 GHz and a fourth frequency band including frequencies between 8 GHz and 16 GHz, the at least one sensor being positioned proximate to said at least one component and configured to detect at least one fault within the at least one component; and a computing device coupled to said at least one sensor for use with the identification of faults within said power system, said computing device comprising: a processor programmed to: organize data representative of at least one fault within the power system; and generate a graphical representation of the organized data, the graphical representation comprising a comparison of an expected vibration level response curve with an actual vibration level response curve, the expected vibration level response curve being based on an expected vibration level of each frequency received from the at least one sensor for an undamaged component and the actual vibration level response curve being based on an actual vibration level for each frequency received from the at least one sensor and if the difference between each actual vibration level and each expected vibration level is approximately zero, then the component is determined not to contain any faults, including cracks or misalignment of the component; organize data representative of at least one fault within the power system; and generate a graphical representation of the organized data, the graphical representation comprising a comparison of an expected vibration level response curve with an actual vibration level response curve, the expected vibration level response curve being based on an expected vibration level of each frequency received from the at least one sensor for an undamaged component and the actual vibration level response curve being based on an actual vibration level for each frequency received from the at least one sensor and if the difference between each actual vibration level and each expected vibration level is approximately zero, then the component is determined not to contain any faults, including cracks or misalignment of the component; a presentation interface coupled to said processor for presenting the graphical representation to a user to enable the user to identify the at least one fault; and a user interface coupled to said presentation interface and configured to enable the user to select at least one data point on the graphical representation such that the user is enabled to identify at least one variable of the at least one fault.