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Sensors 2012, 12, 12265-12278; doi:10.3390/s120912265 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article A Synthetic Phased Array Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor for Quantifying Bolt Tension Jairo Martinez ?, Alper Sisman ?,?, Onursal Onen, Dean Velasquez and Rasim Guldiken * Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave., ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620, USA; E-Mails: jairo@ (J.M.); alpersisman@ (A.S.); onursalonen@ (O.O.); dvelasqu@ (D.V.) ? These authors contributed equally to this work. ? Permanent address: Department of Electrical and Electronics