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Michael Wisland

Faculty Member

Mr. Mike Wisland

Biography

Worked for US government on various calibration and Infra-Red optics development programs. Ran independend recording studio for 28 years. Teach Audio now at UVU DGM with many over 15 Gold Medals at Skills USA Nationals, 3 Silver, and 1 Bronze. Also 5 Medals at the Student competitions at the AES National Convention. Presentations at AES, and International Digital Media Association.

Education

MS, University of Missouri at Rolla, 1992

Major: Digital Signal Processing

BS, University of Missouri at Rolla, 1985

Major: Physics, Acoustics and Optics

Teaching

DAPR 2000

Digital Audio Essentials, Spring 2025

DAPR 2000

Digital Audio Essentials, Spring 2025

DAPR 2240

Digital Audio Restoration, Spring 2025

DAPR 3430

Recording Studio Design Principles and Practices, Spring 2025

DAPR 208R

Special Topics in Digital Audio, Spring 2025

Presentations

Wisland, Mike G (Presenter & Author), Digital Media Arts Festival, "Using AI to Unmix Music from Monophonic Sources", UVU DGM, Classroom Bldg. (May 7, 2024)
McKnight, Chase (Other), Digital Media Arts Festival, "Tape Loop Foot Pedal Device", Digital Media Dept, UVU, UVU. (April 16, 2021)
Wisland, Mike , Card, Arlen (Co-Presenter), Taggart, Emily (Co-Presenter), AES National Convention, "Spike Jones - SPIKE JONES_ PREPOSTEROUS PRECISION", Audio Engineering Society, NYC. (October 17, 2019)
Wisland, Mike (Co-Author), Clayton, Marty (Co-Author), International Digital Media Association, "Data Reduction in a Visual Database", Utah Valley University, Washington, DC. ()
Wisland, Mike , Septemberfest 2014, "Strawberry Fields Forever, The Complete History", Digital Media Dept, UVU. (September 3, 2014)
Wisland, Mike , International Country Music symposium, "Chronicling the Time, Place, and Story of the Country Music Singer/Songwriter on the University Campus". (May, 2008)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Wisland, Mike G, "Is There Mathematical Justification of the Argument of Hearing Beyond 20 KHz?" .
Wisland, Mike , "Wiz's Sound Handbook" .
Wisland, Mike G, Slye, Spencer , "Can Human Subject Hear Past 20 KHz" .
Wisland, Mike , (2014) "Woodward Avenue" .
Wisland, Mike , (2014) "Seve vs. Evan" .
Wisland, Mike , (2010) "Review of text, Modern Recording Techniques" . LA, CA: Focal Press. focalpress.com

Awards

Faculty Excellence Award

Faculty Senate - November 12, 2015

This is the Faculty Teaching Award given out on campus. One must submit a rather extensive portfolio to win this one.

UVU Alumni Teaching Award

Alumni - April 22, 2011

This award is given out by Alumni of the college

Teacher of the year

School of Technology and Computing

Teaching Excellence

October 20, 2009