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College Overview<\/h3>\n \n\nThe\u00a0T. J. R. Faulkner College of Science and Technology (ULCoST)\u00a0<\/strong>was established on June 1, 1974, and has two divisions: a Natural Science Division with Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics Departments; and an Engineering Division with Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geology & Mining Engineering Departments.\n\nThe Engineering Division became a fully-fledged College of Engineering in May 2016.\u00a0Thomas Jefferson Richelieu Faulkner (TJRF)<\/strong>, was born in North Carolina in 1869 and immigrated to Liberia in 1881 (at age 12).\u00a0 He was a professional engineer who served in public life in Liberia for about forty years and was described as \u201can undeniable pillar of strength and dependability to the country, . . .his word was his bond, and he loved Liberia.\u201d\u00a0 TJRF was an engineer and a prominent public figure.\u00a0 He also served as the Mayor of Monrovia.\u00a0 TJRF, one of the most outstanding Liberian Industrialists who first introduced and installed electricity, the telephone, and the ice factory in Liberia, passed away on February 2, 1943 at 6:00pm.\n\nUL\u2019s T. J. R. Faulkner College of Science and Technology<\/strong>\u00a0welcomes benefactors for naming its Science Building; benefactors to establish a Division of Information, Communications and Technology (ICT), benefactors to establish an Architecture Department, and benefactors to establish a Graduate School for Climate Change & the Environment.\n

About the Dean<\/h3>\nAsst. Prof. James McClain<\/strong>\n\nDean, T.J.R. Faulkner College of Science & Technology<\/strong>\n\nSchool of Environmental Studies and Climate Change<\/strong>\n\nAsst. Prof. James McClain, Ph.D., is the Dean for the T.J.R. Faulkner College of Science and Technology and the School of Environmental Studies and Climate Change. Before serving as Dean, Asst. Prof. served as Chair for the Department of Chemistry from 2011-2015 and a focal point on the UL Ebola Door-to-door awareness campaign. He also worked on the University of Liberia Entrance Committee three times. The Dean\u2019s services to the University of Liberia began in 1999 as a Student Assistant in the Department of Chemistry, and in 2002, he moved to Teacher Assistant. Asst. Prof. McClain has over fifteen years of experience with the University of Liberia. Asst. Prof. McClain worked with the Liberia Water & Sewer Corporation as a Chemist (2005-2008).\n\nAsst. Prof. McClain holds a Doctorate in Environmental Science from Indiana University and a master\u2019s degree in Physical Chemistry from Ravenshaw University. The Dean has certificates in Environmental Law and Policy (University of North Carolina Coursera Program, USA); Foodborne Illness Outbreak Environmental Assessment (Center for Disease Control & Prevention, USA); GIS for Health Researchers (University of Washington, USA); Academic Writing, Research and Publication Writing (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA) and Faculty Development for Teaching & Research Assistant (University of Liberia). Asst. Prof. McClain had a six-month visiting scholar position at the University of Michigan, where his research converted municipal waste to Electricity using Fuel Cells.\n\nThe Dean is current the UL Focal Point on the Least Developed Countries Universities Consortium on Climate Change (LUCCC). Asst. Prof. McClain also served as National Consultant on two Liberia policy documents \u2013 Foodborne Surveillance with funding from WHO and National Plan Adaptation Process (Climate Change) with funding from the UNDP.\n\nHis research interests are Climate Change Adaptation, water quality and water safety management, foodborne surveillance, and Environmental Pollutants. Dr. McClain teaches Environmental Methodology in the Chemistry Department and Environmental Studies and Climate Change Graduate Program, Public Health Surveillance and Physical and Quantum Chemistry.\n\nThe Dean for the college has\u00a0excellent<\/strong>\u00a0research and advanced skills in analyzing environmental contaminant clusters using ArcGIS and SPSS software and advanced research skills in Chemistry and Climate Change Adaptation. Dean McClain has excellent training in IPCC methodology and Greenhouse Gas Inventory. He also had an intermediate skilled working with SAS and R-Studio software to analyze and interpret environmental and public health, climate change, and chemistry data\n\nFinally Asst. Dean McClain Solution-oriented and versatile Environmental and Occupational Health professional with experience, research and statistical analysis, and Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation. He acquired leadership and managerial skills from his previous position as Department of Chemistry Chair.\n\n \n\nScholarly achievement:\n