UT enters $8.5 million partnership with tech company

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas at Austin is set to become a core research partner for Emerson, a global tech company, through an $8.5 million partnership. According to a press release from UT, the partnership will fund research toward exploring artificial intelligence, automation, energy, semiconductors and other scientific disciplines. "Emerson has been an important partner for UT, the Cockrell School of Engineering and our chemical engineering department for decades. This i