Rybkowski's research and instruction experience includes integrated project delivery; productivity analysis and lean construction; simulation development and testing; target value design; life-cycle cost analysis; sustainable design; and evidence-based design. She has practiced architectural design in Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Rybkowski earned her Master of Architecture from Harvard and her master’s and doctorate degrees from the Engineering and Project Management program at University of California, Berkeley. Rybkowski teaches lean construction to graduate construction science students at Texas A&M University. She is a Fellow of the Center for Health Systems and Design and of the Institute for Applied Creativity. She is a LEED AP.