The first UNLV/Caltech astrophysics workshop was held in the Department of Physics and Astronomy on Apr. 11-12. The theme of this workshop is radio transients, specifically, a new type of cosmological transients named Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). Sixteen external scientists from Caltech, National Radio Astronomical Observatory (NRAO), NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Cornell Univ., Univ. West Virginia, Univ. Washington, Univ. McGill gathered at UNLV and discussed with Prof. Bing Zhang’s group and other faculty members, postdoc fellows and students in the department these mysterious cosmic transients. The workshop was opened with a welcome speech by the department chair Prof. Stephen Lepp, which is followed by more than 20 talks with a lot of discussion sessions in between. Prof. Zhang and graduate students Ye Li and Divya Palaswamy gave oral presentations at the workshop. During the workshop, UNLV astronomers also discussed with Caltech astronomers possible future collaborations in the direction of radio astronomy.
