George Xiroudakis is an Assistant Professor in the field of “Rock Mechanics—Fracture Mechanics in Mining” at the School of Mineral Resources Engineering, Technical University of Crete. He studied in the field of Analytical Models for the Calculation of the Specific Energy of Mining of Rocks at the Technical University of Crete and obtained PhD in Mining and Mineral Engineering in 2015. His research interests include rock mechanics, fracture mechanics, and failure analysis. He is a guest editor on MDPI Materials and Geosciences journals.