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This paper describes and discusses several recent faculty-student research activities at Lincoln University (PA), an HBCU. Specifically, it makes connections between NSF-sponsored faculty research and the projects that several undergraduate Engineering Science and Physics students have been working on. The Engineering Science is a relatively new major at Lincoln. New research experiences are particularly useful, so integrated learning is an attractive methodology for some of the engineering courses. The paper includes several case-studies detailing the student projects in connection to their academic progress. It also suggests the opportunities for our students upon graduation. The key findings of this study are that the research activities enabled by this research initiation grant are sufficiently diverse; they provide necessary supplements for the courses taught to students who specialize in electrical engineering. Research experiences that students get through this project are particularly useful for their future graduate studies and industry careers.