Zofia K. Rybkowski, PhD 

• Texas A&M University,  Department of Construction Science , College of Architecture, College Station, TX

- Associate Professor, 2016-present (tenured)

- Assistant Professor, 2009-2016

- Fellow, Center for Health Systems & Design

- Fellow, Institute for Applied Creativity

- Lab Supervisor, Advanced Infrastructure Materials and Manufacturing Lab (AIMM) with 6 axis ABB robot;

   Center for Ifrastructure Renewal (CIR), TAMU

• AGC Education and Research Foundation

Board of Directors, 2020-present

(only two academics are invited to serve on this national-level 20-member executive board)

• Satterfield and Pontikes, Houston , TX

Faculty company site research, June 1-July 9, 2010

• Stanford, Brown, Harvard, HKUST, and University of California Berkeley

Teaching & Research Assistant,  1984-2009

• HOK Asia/Pacific International ,  The Oval Partnership , Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects and Engineers , Hong Kong; Shimizu Corporation , Tokyo, Japan

Architectural Designer, 1991-2004

• University of Hong Kong, Department of Architecture , Hong Kong

Visiting Lecturer, Fulbright Scholar, 1994-1995

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Co-Founder and Co-Chair, with Fernando Espana, “AWP + Lean Committee,” Construction Industry Institute, weekly meetings, from February 16, 2021.

• Director, AGC Education and Research Foundation Board of Directors, Official start: March 2020 to present.

• Scientific Committee, 2nd International Conference on 3D printing and Transportation, National Academy of Science, fall 2020 to present.

• Scientific Committee, 1st International Conference on 3D printing and Transportation, National Academy of Science, Washington DC, November 20-21, 2019.

• Scientific Committee, “Buildings, Cities, and Performance:” 4th International Symposium of the PhD Preogram at IIT College of Architecture in collaboration with the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), Nov. 15-17, 2019.

• Representative of TAMU COSC program officers, “Summit Among Peers,” University of Denver, June 14-15, 2018

• Academic Advisor, Construction Industry Institute (CII) Advisory Council Facilities and Healthcare Sector Committee, October 24, 2016 until June 21, 2018; includes advisory trips to CII meetings on August 1-4, 2016 (Annual Mtg., National Harbor, Washington DC); January 31-February 1, 2017 (Planning/Leadership, Austin, TX); April 12-13, 2017 (Spring Mtg., Orlando, FL); July 31-August 2, 2017 (Annual Mtg., Orlando, FL); and October 24-25, 2017 (Fall Mtg., Austin, TX)

• Reviewer, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati

• Director of International Development, Korea Institute of Ecological Architecture and Environment (KIEAE); Jan 2017-Dec 2018 (appointed, 2-year term).

• Reviewer, National Institute of Health (NIH) grant, Research Pilot Projects, Morgan State University, September 2016, $350

• Area Chair for “People Culture and Change,” 25th International Group for Lean Construction (LC3 2017), Heraklion, Crete, Greece, July 4-12, 2017 (service as chair from July 2016-July 2017).

• Dean, Summer School, 24th International Group for Lean Construction, Boston, MA, July 23-24, 2016.

• External examiner of doctoral dissertation proposal of graduate student, Mr. Thabiso Godfrey Monyane, Central University of Technology (Free State), in Bloemfontein, South Africa, chaired by Prof. Fidelis A. Emuze, June 22, 2016.

• Research advisor/host at Texas A&M to doctoral student and Chinese government scholarship recipient, Shen Liang-Fa, Tongji University, School of Economies and Management, Shanghai, China, for his PhD research, from October 20, 2015 to present.

• Grant reviewer, National Science Foundation, 2015Reviewer, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, to assess grant proposals, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012

• Reviewer, for Oxford University Press, Carrie Brandon, Executive Editor of English, Writing in Engineering: A Brief Guide.

• Research advisor/host at Texas A&M to Brazilian graduate student and government research scholarship recipient, Carolina Asensio Oliva, University of Campinas, for her research: “Proposal for the integration of Target Value Design into the Design process” from September 19, 2013 to November 8, 2013.

• Pre-examiner of doctoral dissertation of Tuuli Jyla, Aalto University in Finland, July 5, 2013.

• Panelist/jury member, 19th conference of the International Group for Lean Construction: Post-graduate School Summer School, Lima Peru, July 17-18, 2011.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• President’s Excellence Fund Steering Committee, Advisory for 10-year, $100 million program which funds T3 and X-Grant programs, by invitation from Sr. Associate Vice President for Research, Dr. Costas N. Georghiades, fall 2020-present.

• Presenter and Panel moderator, Women’s Faculty Network, “Tenure and Promotion Celebratory Luncheon,” with WFN President, Dr. Gabriela Thornton, November 6, 2020.

• Representative/member for construction science, standing-in for Dr. Sarel Lavy, Sustainability and Environmental Management Committee (SEMC), fall semester 2018

• Reviewer, Graduate Diversity Fellowship 2018-19 applications, February 2018.

• Committee member, ACRIC (Academic Civil Rights Investigation Committee), Fall 2016-present.

• Subcommittee member, AFS (Association of Former Students) Distinguished Achievement Awards, Spring 2016.

• Participant, TAMU Interdisciplinary, University-Wide Initiative: Grand Challenge Working Session ("Educating Leaders Grand Challenge"), October 23-24, 2014.

• Faculty advisor for civil engineering PhD student Hessam Sadatsafavi in TAMU Academy for Future Faculty, Spring 2013.

• Participant, TAMU Interdisciplinary, University-Wide Initiative: Grand Challenge Working Session ("The Natural and Built Environment: Ensuring a Sustainable Society"), August 19-20, 2013.

• Member, Women’s Faculty Network, Mentorship program, Texas A&M, 2011.

COLLEGE SERVICE

• Faculty advisor for architecture PhD student Patricia Kio in TAMU Academy for Future Faculty, Spring 2021.

• Presenter and panelist, Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Faculty Advising Event, College of Architecture, invited by PhD candidate Haleh Moghaddasi, November 19, 2020.

• Elected by COSC colleagues to serve on the College of Architecture Promotion and Tenure Committee, Spring 2020-present.

• Initiated and led, 1st and 2nd annual Harold L. Adams Interdisciplinary Competition for Undergraduates (ICU), February 23-25, 2018, and February 22-24, 2019, with Harold L. Adams, Eric Bardenhagen, Rodney Hill, Carol LaFayette, and Leslie Feigenbaum; first author of Summary Reports, dated July 14, 2018 (1st HA-ICU), and August 23, 2019 (2nd HA-ICU).

• Judge (preliminary round), Texas Junior Academy of Science Competition, General Engineering category, October 18, 2018.

• Appointed by Dean of Architecture to serve on Faculty Search Committee for new Head of Dept. of Architecture, chaired by Prof. Tim McLaughlin, 2017-8.

• Appointed by Dean of Architecture to serve on Faculty Search Committee for new Head of Dept. of Construction Science, chaired by Prof. Elton Abbott, 2016-7.

• Member, Search Committee for new Director, Center for Health Systems and Design, College of Architecture, Spring 2016.

• Faculty Advisor for SHEA (Student Health Environments Association), December 1, 2014-present.

• Founded and facilitated Grant-Writing Co-coaching Group for College of Architecture faculty. Met bi-weekly during fall 2014; approximately six attendees with 3 NSF grant proposals resulting.

• Co-facilitated Workshop for an Institute for Human-Centered Micro-Manufacture (iHCMM), 14 attendees, for organizer, Dr. Francis Quek, January 18, 2014.

• Proactively initiated, negotiated, and coordinated Grant Training Center Workshop, with Dr. Lou Tassinary, Ms. Katy Dunn, and Department Heads, Prof. Joe Horlen, Prof. Ward Wells, Dr. Forster Ndubisi, Prof. Tim McLaughlin, presented at the College of Architecture, by Dr. Tillie Harris, CEO of the Grant Training Center, December 16-18, 2013.

• Proposal submitter, “Ideas-per-Minute/Creativity-on-Demand” Brainstorming Service, Institute for Applied Creativity, College of Architecture, Texas A&M, directed by Prof. Carol Lafayette, October 21, 2012.

• Member, Diversity Committee, College of Architecture, Texas A&M, chaired by Prof. Cecilia Giusti, Spring semester 2012.

• Faculty Fellow, Center for Health Systems and Design, College of Architecture, Texas A&M, chaired by Dr. Mardelle Shepley, 2009 to present.

• Presenter, EDAC Bootcamp: Assisted initiative to teach Evidence-Based Design in CHSD workshop to architects in healthcare facility design industry, chaired by Prof. D. Kirk Hamilton, 2009-present (multiple occasions).

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

• Member, Faculty Search Committee for new Dean for College of Architecture, TAMU, Spring-Fall 2021.

• Member, Faculty Search Committee for new assistant professors for COSC department, Spring-Fall 2021.

• Faculty Mentor for TAMU Student Community of Practice, MOU signed on November 13, 2020, achieved unrestricted status on April 13, 2021 with Filipe Hernandez, Chairperson, Lean Construction Institute Austin Community of Practice, and TAMU graduate student Founding Chairs, Yashraj Ahir, and Rajeswari Obulam.

• Member, Strategic Planning Steering Committee, chaired by Dr. Kunhee (KC) Choi, Fall 2019-Spring 2020

• Member, Faculty Search Committee for new assistant professors for COSC department, Fall 2019-Spring 2020.

• Member, Graduate Instruction Committee, chaired by Dr. Phil Lewis, Fall 2019-present

• Peer Exchange: Construction Science and Management, Texas A&M and the University of Texas at San Antonio, with Dr. Patrick Suermann and Dr. Boong Ryoo, San Antonio, TX, October 21, 2019.

• Workshops for HEB: “Introduction to Lean-IPD and Target Value Design” (session I), March 20, 2018; and “H&B: The Lean Optimization Game” (session II), April 5, 2018.

• Founder and Coordinator, Construction Management Pre-requisite Program for Graduate Students for TAMU’s COSC Department (“Incoming graduate student boot camp”), August 17, 18, 21, 22, & 23, 2017, and shepherded its continuation on August 16, 17, 20, 21, & 22, 2018.

• Member, Faculty Search Committee for new assistant, associate, and full professors for COSC department, Fall 2016-Spring 2017.

• Competition Coach, with Boong Yeol Ryoo, PDC Student Challenge and International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction, Sponsored by AIA/AAHF (American Institute of Architects and Academy of Architecture for Health), Orlando Florida, March 10-15, 2017, 1st place recipient, graduate student Ralph Salazar <https://youtu.be/UzLAzCQTDOk>.

• Elected by colleagues to serve on COSC Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2016-19.

• Served as faculty escort for departmental field trip to Acme Brick Company, Elgin, TX, March 4, 2016

• Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Construction Science, fall 2015-present.

• Served as faculty escort for departmental field trip to NCI Group, Houston, TX, March 27, 2015Served as faculty escort for departmental field trip to Cherry Companies (remove, recycle, return), Houston, TX, November 21, 2014

• Assisted on organization committee for the 51st Annual ASC (Associated Schools of Construction) Conference to be held at Texas A&M from April 22-25, 2015

• Served as faculty escort for departmental field trip to Heldenfels Enterprises, Inc. (precast, pre-stressed concrete), San Marcos, TX, November 1, 2013

• Assisted with the revision of accreditation documents, American Council for Construction Education (ACCE), for Prof. Joe Horlen, Chair, summer-fall 2012

• Member, Faculty Search Committee, chaired by Dr. John Nichols, fall 2011-spring 2012

• Member, Graduate Committee, chaired by Dr. Sarel Lavy, fall 2010-spring 2011

• Tenure-track committee, chaired by Dr. Sarel Lavy, Dr. Jose Solis, and Dr.  Boong Ryoo, sequentially, spring 2010-2011

• Initiator and Organizer, Teaching Retreat/Workshop, three-day workshop on teaching for tenure-track faculty, with Center for Teaching Excellence facilitators, Aug 23-25, 2011

• Member of task force to design new Construction Graphics course for departmental freshmen, fall 2010-spring 2011 (to become the core course COSC 175: Construction Graphics Communication)

• Initiator and Organizer, Grant-writing Retreat/Workshop, three-day workshop on NSF grant-writing, for tenure-track faculty, with NSF grant-writing specialists, Jan 5-9, 2011

• Initiator and Facilitator, with Dr. Julian Kang, Case-study Writing Workshop for the Built Environment,” one-day workshop with guest speakers, Harvard Business School case writer Mr. Harold Hogan and Assistant Dean, University of Hong Kong, Dr. Patrick Harvey, October 16, 2009

• Member of the Graduate Faculty, 2009-present.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Volunteer, Aggieland Human Society, Assisted Girls School Troop 9554 with the construction of canine adoption meet-and-greet areas, September 28, 2019.

• Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity Women’s Build, September 10, 2011.

MEMBERSHIPS and CERTIFICATIONS

• ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers), associate member #493329.

• Accredited Professional, LEED AP (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design), accreditation #10428878 since June 4, 2009; Legacy.

• LCI (Lean Construction Institute), member #17303.