George Quinn is a consultant with expertise in mechanical properties of ceramics and glasses. He is a world authority on fractographic analysis of ceramics and glasses and he wrote the definitive book: “Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses” in 2007 that now is in its 3^rd edition (2020). He retired from the National Institute for Standards and Technology NIST in January 2009 but continues there as a guest researcher. He teaches courses on fractographic analysis of glasses and ceramics both privately and as constructor at Alfred University since 1996. As a world authority on standardization, mechanical testing, materials science, and fractography, he is frequently consulted on failure analysis problems. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University in 1973 and conducted graduate work at Northeastern and MIT.