I am new to Wikipedia, not as a reader, but as a contributor. I find the service extremely helpful in furthering public knowledge, assuming it is used in the correct and unbiased fashion.
My educational background is Engineering Physics at the undergraduate level, and Nuclear Engineering at the graduate level. I have also enjoyed participating in the software field for many years. I've lived all across this great country, from the NE to the SW to the NW, to places in between.