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Seis investigadores de la Universidad de Kentucky fueron seleccionados para la Misión Genesis del Departamento de Energía de Estados Unidos, una iniciativa nacional que busca transformar la ciencia e innovación estadounidense mediante inteligencia artificial y computación avanzada, entre 278 proyectos elegidos de más de 5.000 solicitudes. Sean Bailey liderará un proyecto sobre redes eléctricas resilientes ante eventos de viento extremo combinando datos meteorológicos e inteligencia artificial, mientras que Chad Risko dirigirá otro sobre diseño de semiconductores avanzados usando marcos de inteligencia artificial guiada por física, con el objetivo de reducir ciclos de síntesis en al menos 50 por ciento. Cuatro investigadores adicionales de UK participarán como coinvestigadores en estos proyectos que representan el compromiso de la universidad con esta iniciativa del Departamento de Energía lanzada en noviembre de 2025.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Six researchers from the University of Kentucky have been selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission, a historic national initiative designed to transform American science and innovation through artificial intelligence and advanced computing, according to a report from UK News.
The researchers were among 278 projects selected from more than 5,000 submissions nationwide. Two UK faculty members will lead independent projects, while four others will serve as co-investigators on research addressing power grid resilience and semiconductor design.
Sean Bailey, an Ervin J. Nutter Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, will lead a project on “A Physically Informed Neural Network for Power-Grid Resilience to Extreme Wind Events.” Bailey’s team will combine weather data, atmospheric science and AI to develop tools capable of translating large-scale weather forecasts into detailed local predictions that account for terrain, vegetation and built environments. The approach aims to help utility providers anticipate damaging wind events and improve infrastructure resilience.
Chad Risko, the John C. Hubbard Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, will lead a second project on “AI-Driven Discovery and Engineering of Advanced Semiconductor Interfaces.” This research aims to move semiconductor design away from traditional trial-and-error methods toward predictive design using physics-guided AI frameworks, with a goal of reducing synthesis and characterization cycles by at least 50 percent.
Co-investigators on the projects include Savio Poovathingal, Erin Peters, Renee Fatemi and Wolfgang Korsch, all faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences or the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering.
The Genesis Mission, launched by the Department of Energy in November 2025, aims to double the productivity and impact of American research and innovation within a decade by integrating supercomputing, AI systems and quantum computing. Representatives from UK and other award recipients were scheduled to attend the Genesis Mission Summit in Washington, D.C., on July 22 for the official launch of the initiative’s first cohort.
UK President Eli Capilouto said the selections demonstrate the university’s leadership in addressing challenges facing Kentucky and the nation. “By harnessing these new, powerful tools, we are advancing the boundaries of science and ensuring that Kentucky remains at the forefront of what might be the most rapid period of innovation in human history,” Capilouto said in a statement.
The selection comes as UK continues to expand its research enterprise. The university recently surpassed $500 million in research awards for fiscal year 2026, marking five consecutive years of growth in extramural grants and contracts.
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