<p>First and foremost, I would try to find a CO-OP. If you can’t, than I would see about doing some undergraduate research… talk to some of your professors about the research they are involved in.</p>
<p>In terms of classes, the three subjects I think every engineer should be familiar with are:</p>
<p>Engineering economics (NPV etc.)
Statistics (applied if you can find it, using R/Matlab etc.)
Programming</p>