<h1>Engineering firm joins university research lab consortium under multi-year membership for AI-driven mobility, sustainability R&D and commercialization governance</h1> A multi-year membership agreement between a listed engineering services firm and a university-affiliated research lab establishes a consortium relationship to exchange information, collaborate on AI-driven R&D in mobility, sustainability and technology, and host industry programs and advisory events on lab premises. The pact contemplates joint research, access to the lab's cross-disciplinary ecosystem, and commercial application roadmaps. Legal considerations likely include intellectual property ownership and licensing, confidentiality and data-sharing obligations, export and compliance constraints, allocation of research costs and liabilities, and governance of jointly developed technologies and commercialization rights.