Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Caterina Valeo, P.Eng. Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Victoria. Research in environmental informatics and urban water resources: hydrologic modelling, green infrastructure, water quality, and climate adaptation. Contact: valeo@uvic.ca.

Education

• 1. Ph.D., Civil Engineering, McMaster University
• 1. M.Eng. (Thesis), Civil Engineering, McMaster University
• 1. B.A.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Toronto
• 1. B.Sc., Physics, University of Toronto

Academic positions

• July 2015 to present. Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria. Research focus: environmental informatics and urban water resources engineering.
• December 2011 to present. Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Calgary.
• October 2011 to June 2015. Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria.
• July 2010 to September 2011. Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Calgary.
• 2007 to July 2010. Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Calgary.
• 2003 to 2007. Associate Professor, Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary.
• 2000 to 2003. Assistant Professor, Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary.
• 1998 to 2000. Assistant Professor, Civil and Geological Engineering, University of Manitoba.

Awards and honours

• 1. Fellow of Engineers Canada, for distinguished service to the engineering profession.
• 1. Distinguished Service Award, Canadian Association of University Teachers.
• 1. Distinguished Service Award, Canadian Association of University Teachers.
• 1. Distinguished Scientist of the Year, International Society of Environmental Information Systems.
• 1. Teaching Excellence Award, Civil Department, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary.
• 1. Teaching Excellence Award, Geomatics Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Calgary.

Books

• He, J., Valeo, C. and Kasiviswanathan, K.S. (eds.) (2021). Urbanization Under a Changing Climate: Impacts on Hydrology. MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-0365-0811-5.
• Tsanis, I.K., Wu, J., Shen, J. and Valeo, C. (2006). Environmental Hydraulics: Hydrodynamic and Pollutant Transport Modelling of Lakes and Coastal Waters. Elsevier. ISBN 0-444-52712-5.
• Oki, T., Valeo, C. and Heal, K.V. (eds.) (2006). Hydrology 2020: An Integrating Science to Meet Water Challenges. IAHS Press. ISBN 1-901502-33-3.
• El-Sheimy, N., Valeo, C. and Habib, A. (2005). Digital Terrain Modelling: Acquisition, Manipulation and Applications. Artech House, Inc. ISBN 1-58053-921-1.
• Tsanis, I.K. and Valeo, C. (1994). Environmental Hydraulics Volume I, Mixing Zone Models for Submerged Discharges. Computational Mechanics Publications. ISBN 1-85312-362-5.

Book chapters

• Zhang, Z. and Valeo, C. (2025). “Quantifying Scaling-Up Uncertainty in Soil Data Using Fuzzy C-Means Clustering.” In Environmental Science and Technology: Sustainable Development III. Springer.
• Zhang, Z. and Valeo, C. (2023). “Assessing Optimal LID Areas for Flood Mitigation: A Case Study on Vancouver Island, Canada.” In Environmental Science and Technology: Sustainable Development. Springer.
• He, J., Ryan, M.C. and Valeo, C. (2015). “Changes in water quality characteristics and pollutant sources along a major river basin in Canada.” In Environmental Management of River Basin Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag.
• Five additional book chapters in hydrology, water resources, and environmental engineering.

Selected recent publications (2020 to 2026)

• Zhang, Z. and Valeo, C. (2026). “Agentic SWMM: Auditable and Reproducible Stormwater Modelling Workflow with Agent Skills and Model Context Protocol.” AI for Engineering, 1(1), 5. doi:10.3390/aieng1010005
• Skorobogatov, A., He, J., Chu, A., Valeo, C. and van Duin, B. (2026). “Bioretention System Infiltration: Insights into Temporal Evolution and Impacts of Design Parameters.” Ecological Engineering, 230, 108020.
• Shukla, A., Khatibi, M., Valeo, C. and Mukhopadhyaya, P. (2026). “Efficacy of Dynamic Insulation in Mitigating Building Energy Demand across Canadian Climate Zones.” Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, 40(3), 04026034.
• Zhang, Z. and Valeo, C. (2025). “Quantifying Uncertainty in Flowrate Modelling Using Spatially Defined Fuzzy Entropy Based on Hydrological Processes in a Catchment.” Journal of Hydrology, 664, 134447.
• Zhang, Z. and Valeo, C. (2025). “Fuzzy-Based Input Method for Uncertainty Quantification in a Deterministic Model Comparison with ChatGPT for Peak Flow Prediction.” Journal of Hydrology X, 28-29, 100208.
• Zhao, Y. and Valeo, C. (2024). “Heavy Metal Removal By Porous Asphalt in Cyclical Wetting and Drying.” Construction and Building Materials, 441, 137571.
• Carson, L., Beaudry, M., Valeo, C., et al. (2024). “Case Studies on the Occurrence, Sources and Virulence Potential of Arcobacter butzleri in Stormwater.” Environmental Science & Technology, 58(29), 13065-13075.
• Zhang, Z. and Valeo, C. (2024). “Low Impact Development Technologies for Mitigating Climate Change: Summary and Prospects.” National Science Open, 3(1), 20230025.
• Blanken, H., Valeo, C., Hannah, C.G. and Khan, U.T. (2023). “Propagating Particle Tracking Uncertainty Defined by Fuzzy Numbers in Spatially Variable Velocity Fields.” Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11, 1752.
• Jalilian, F., Valeo, C., Chu, A. and Bhiladvala, R. (2023). “Sensors for Biomass Monitoring in Vegetated Green Infrastructure: A Review.” Sensors, 23, 6404.
• Wang, J., Mukhopadhyaya, P. and Valeo, C. (2023). “Implementing Green Roofs in the Private Realm for City-Wide Stormwater Management.” Environments, 10(6), 102.
• Zhang, Z. and Valeo, C. (2022). “Verification of PCSWMM’s LID processes and their scalability over time and space.” Frontiers in Water, 4: 1058883.
• Talebzadeh, F., Valeo, C., Gupta, R. and Constabel, P. (2021). “Exploring the potential in LID technologies for remediating heavy metals in carwash wastewater.” Sustainability, 13(16), 8727.
• Quinonez-Pinon, M.R. and Valeo, C. (2020). “Modelling Canopy Actual Transpiration in the Boreal Forest with Reduced Error Propagation.” Atmosphere, 11, 1158.

Full publication list (180+ items, 4,275 citations, h-index 37 as of August 2026): Google Scholar · ResearchGate. See also the Publications page.

Research software

• Agentic SWMM (2026 to present). Open-source, verification-first agentic runtime (aiswmm) for reproducible EPA SWMM modelling with Agent Skills and the Model Context Protocol; developed in the group by Zhonghao Zhang. Stable release v0.9.3 (August 2026), MIT licence. aiswmm.com · GitHub
• SWMMCanada (2026 to present). Open-source web service that builds a ready-to-run EPA SWMM model from a boundary drawn anywhere in Canada, using Canadian open data and the published storm networks of 35 cities; developed in the group by Zhonghao Zhang. h2ox.me · GitHub

Details on the Software page.

Professional service

Editorial boards

• Editorial Board Member, Watershed Ecology and the Environment (Elsevier).
• Editorial Board Member, Water (MDPI).
• Editorial Board Member, Sustainability (MDPI).
• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities.
• Review Editor, Frontiers in Water.
• Associate Editor, Environmental Systems Research.
• Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Informatics.

Committees

• NSERC Discovery Grant Review Committee (2017-2020); Environmental Section Chair (2018-2020).
• Civil Engineering Program Coordinator, University of Victoria (2011-2014).
• Co-chair, Communications and Publications Committee, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (2010-2012).
• Vice President, Western Region, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (2017-2018).

Professional affiliations

• Professional Engineer, Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (since 2011).
• Research Fellow, Biogeoscience Institute, University of Calgary.
• Member, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering.

Areas of expertise

• Environmental informatics.
• Hydrological modelling.
• Water resources engineering.
• Remote sensing and GIS.
• Computational fluid dynamics.

A complete CV with the full publication list is available on request at valeo@uvic.ca.