2026

Lea, B-R. (PI, 30%), Bojanic, D.(Co-PI, 25%), Allada, V.(Co-PI, 10%), Du, X.(Co-PI, 25%), Gosavi, A.(Co-PI, 10%), Online Asynchronous Digital Supply Chain Management Graduate Certificate Development, $56,700, Ignition Grant for Sustainable Educational Transformation (IGSET) Grant, Missouri University of Science and Technology. 2025 - 2026

Gosavi, A. (PI, 100%) Digital Supply Chain Management Certification: Internal grant from Distance Education at Missouri S&T: $2,000, starting Jan, 2026.

2025

Lea, B-R. (PI, 100%), Fall 2025 ERP Industry Showcase, $5,650, Accenture Federal Services, Bayer, Peabody Energy, RSM, Kummer College, Online Learning and Education Innovation. 10/2025 -12/2025

Gosavi, A. (PI, 100%) Development of Asynchronous Version of Operations Management Science (EMGT 5412): Internal grant from Distance Education at Missouri S&T: One month summer salary, starting Aug, 2025.

2024

Gosavi, A. (PI, 100%) Data Analytics for Reducing Warehouse Letdown Frequency and Identifying Fast and Slow Movers at Woodland Scenics: Source Woodland Scenics and US E.D.A. $30,000. Feb, 2023—Jun, 2024.

Lea, B-R. (PI: 40%), Yu, W. (Co-PI: 30%), Yu-Hsien Chiu (Co-PI: 30%), Online Asynchronous Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Program Development for Working Professionals and Military Service Members, $49,800, Ignition Grant for Sustainable Educational Transformation (IGSET) Grant, Missouri University of Science and Technology. 2024 – 2025.

2023

Lea, B-R. (PI: 100%), Designing and Implementing an Asynchronous Online Course for Subjects Combining Theory and Practical Skills, $10,000, Online Education, Missouri University of Science and Technology. 2023

Lea, B-R. (PI: 55%), Yu, W. (Co-PI: 15.5%), Hilgers, M. (Co-PI: 17%), Elrod, C. (Co-PI: 6%), Stanley (Co-PI: 4.5%), S., Eng. L. (Co-PI: 2.5%), EnterpriseLive! Phase I: Building an Integrated Living Business Simulation Platform, Infrastructure Enablement Proposal, $100,000, Ignition Grant for Sustainable Educational Transformation (IGSET) Grant, Missouri University of Science and Technology. 2022 – 2023.

Lea, B-R, (PI, 100%), Redesign and Deploy ERP 2110 Introduction to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as a Blended Course, $5,000, Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFÉ), Missouri University of Science and Technology. 2022 – 2023.

2022

Lea, B-R. (PI, 100%), ERP Simulation Competition Sponsorship, ATI, Peabody Energy, RSM, Olin, Kummer College $2,600. 10/2022 -12/2022.

Lea, B-R. (PI, 100%), ERP Education in Analytics and Data Modeling, $2,450, Accenture, ATI, Olin, RSM, Spectrum. 04/2022 - 12/2022

Lea, B-R. (PI, 100%), The Role of Personality and Affect on Student Preference, Level of Engagement, and Learning Outcome between Instructor-led In-Person Computer Exercises and the Use of Recorded Computer Tutorials, $2,601.99, Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFÉ), Missouri University of Science and Technology. 07/2021 -12/2022.

Gosavi, A. (PI, 100%) Collaborative Research: Continuous-State Reinforcement Learning for Remanufacturing Source: NSF, $167,972.00 Starting: Sept 2022

2021

Lea, B‐R, (PI, 100%), 2021‐2022, The Role of Personality and Affect on Student Preference, Level of
Engagement, and Learning Outcome between Instructor‐led In‐Person computer Exercises and the
Use of  Recorded Computer Tutorials, $2,601.99, Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFÉ), Mis‐
souri University of Science and Technology, July 2021 – December 2022.

2019

Lea, B‐R. (PI: 40%), Yu, W.B. (20%), Claybaugh, C. (20%), Chiu, Y. (20%), 2019, Advancing Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) Education, Boeing, $1,000 Annually.

Lea, B‐R, (PI, 100%), 2019, Expanding Research and Teaching Productivity through Collaboration with
ABB, Clemson University, and University of Missouri – St. Louis, Mini‐Sabbatical Grant, Center for Ad‐
vancing Faculty Excellence (CAFÉ), Missouri University of Science and Technology, $7,402.16.

Lea, B‐R, (PI, 100%), 2019, ERP Simulation Competition Sponsorship, $2,000.

2018

Lea, B‐R, (PI, 70%), Claybaugh, C. (Co‐PI, 30%), 2018, Influence of Cognitive Aptitude and Personality
Traits on Performance of Learning an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System,
ROLLA_0059122_00065644_V101, Charter Communications, $7,115, December 1‐31, 2018

Lea, B‐R, (PI, 100%), 2018, ERP Simulation Competition Sponsorship, $2,734, various companies.

Lea, B‐R, (PI, 100%), Software grants: HANA 2.0, S/4HANA, BW4/HANA, BusinessObjects BI Platform
Server 2.0, Sybase, SAP CRM, SAP SRM, SAP, 2018‐ present.

2017

Lea, B‐R (PI: 50%), Eng, L. (Co‐PI: 50%), 2016‐2017, Impact of Cross‐Functional Interdisciplinary Team
Structure and Immersive Learning Environment on Students’ Perception of the Learning Experience,
Engagement, and Course Satisfaction, Office of Undergraduate Studies and Global Learning, Missouri
S&T, awarded, $3,000 (shared credit: $1,500),  September 2016‐ May 2017.

Lea, B‐R, (PI, 100%), 2017, ERP Simulation Competition Sponsorship, $1,980, various companies.

2016

Lea, B‐R, (PI, 100%), 2016, ERP Simulation Competition Sponsorship, $1,760, various companies.

Lea, B‐R (PI, 100%), 2016, Influence of Visualization Model Complexity and Prior Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD) Knowledge on Teachers’ Ability for Early ASD Diagnosis, Eastman Chemical, $1,500,
2016‐2017.

Lea, B‐R, (PI, 100%), ERP Simulation Competition Sponsorship, $900, various companies.

Lea, B‐R, (PI, 100%), 2015‐2016, Collaborative Supply Chain Planning Involving Local Entrepreneurs: A
Fort Leonard Wood Case Study, Deloitte, $900.

Lea, B‐R (PI, 45%), Smith, G. (Co‐PI, 45%), 2014‐2016, Uetrecht, D. (Co‐PI, 10%), HANA Appliance in
Research & Teaching Support, as a part of Missouri S&T Virtualization and Big Data Infrastructure Laboratory, $128,241.98.

Lea, B‐R (PI, 50%), Yu, W (Co‐PI, 50%): 2015‐2016, Applications and Literature Review of In‐memory
Data Warehouse Architecture and Big Data Visualization Modeling in Medical Diagnostics Decision
Process, $5,000, Business & Information Technology.

Lea, B‐R (PI, 100%), 2015‐2016, Business Analytics & Big Data, $1,000, Deloitte, 2015‐2016

Lea, B‐R (PI, 100%), $2,500, 2015‐2018, ERP Research, Union Pacific.

Lea, B‐R (PI, 100%), 2015‐2016, Autism Spectrum Disorder & Visualization, Eastman Chemical, $1,500.

Lea, B‐R (PI, 65%), Donald Wunsch (Co‐PI, 35%), 2015‐2016,  In‐Memory Database Design to Support
Visualization in ASD Research, $15,000 (shared credit: $9,750), Missouri S&T Innovation Teams. 

2010

Lea, B‐R, (PI, 100%), Software grant: SAP BusinessObjects Software: BI Platform Server 1.0, Crystal
Xcelsius, Metadata Bridges, Reporting, Enterprise Information, Query and Analysis, SAP, 2010‐ pre‐
sent.  

2008

Lea, B‐R, (PI, 100%), Software grant: SAP Business Suite Software, IDES, SAP Database Interface, 2008
– present.