Biography:Eleanor Sillerico
Eleanor Sillerico | |
|---|---|
| Born | Eleanor Juana Sillerico Mayta 1978 |
| Education | Universidad Mayor de San Andres (La Paz, Bolivia) Universidad Politecnica de Madrid |
| Occupation | Civil Engineer, Tunnel Construction |
| Known for | Major international underground transit and infrastructure projects |
| Engineering career | |
| Projects | Crossrail (Elizabethline, London, U.K.) Purple Line Extension (Los Angeles, California) Shuakhevi Hydro Power Plant Project (Georgia) |
Eleanor Sillerico Mayta, known professionally in the United States as Eleanor Sillerico, is a Bolivian-American civil engineer and tunnel construction manager[1] who worked on the construction of the Elizabeth Line railway in London,[2] United Kingdom and the Metro Purple Line extension in Los Angeles, California.[3] Sillerico has also worked on tunneling projects in Bolivia, Spain and Georgia.[4][5] Her most recent tunneling project is the Hudson River Tunnel Project connecting New Jersey and New York City.[6]
Early Life and Education
Sillerico was born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1978. Her father is a civil engineer.[7] Her brother Rodrigo Sillerico Mayta is a violinist and conductor of the Bolivia Clasica orchestra and an associate of the concert pianist Ana-Maria Vera.
Sillerico attended high school at, and graduated from, Unidad Educativa Parroquial San Jose, a Roman Catholic high school sponsored by the Oblates of St. Joseph religious order, located in the Villa Victoria working class neighborhood of the Max Paredes macro district of the city of La Paz. She received her degree as a civil engineer from the Higher University of San Andrés (Universidad Mayor de San Andres) in La Paz, Bolivia in 2002. Sillerico won the 2002 Premio Ing. Walter Gonzalez for academic excellence at the UMSA university in La Paz, Bolivia.[8] She completed advanced studies at the Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas (CEDEX) and the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), earning master's degrees in geotechnics and tunneling engineering.[9]
References
- ↑ "Meet Eleanor Sillerico: A Global Career in Tunneling Engineering". July 11, 2025. https://media.smenet.org/meet-eleanor-sillerico-a-global-career-in-tunneling-engineering/.
- ↑ MacDonald, Mott. "Elizabeth Line Innovations: Moving the Industry Forward". https://www.mottmac.com/en-us/projects/elizabeth-line-innovations-moving-the-industry-forward/.
- ↑ McLawhorn, Jennifer (October 23, 2024). ""'Construction of Tunnels Means Sacrifice': Meet Eleanor Sillerico, Civil Engineer and Construction Manager"". RT&S newspaper (Los Angeles, California). https://www.rtands.com/news/construction-of-tunnels-means-sacrifice-meet-eleanor-sillerico-civil-engineer-and-construction-manager/.
- ↑ "Latinos en Metro: Para la ingeniera Eleanor Sillerico, cada tunel es un desafio fascinante" (in Spanish). Hispanic LA newspaper. October 23, 2024. https://hispanicla.com/latinos-en-metro-para-la-ingeniera-eleanor-sillerico-cada-tunel-es-un-desafio-fascinante-102909.
- ↑ "Eleanor Sillerico - Why I Build Beneath". 2026. https://www.smenet.org/uca/uca-membership-benefits/why-i-build-beneath/eleanor-sillerico.
- ↑ "Premio Ing. Walter Gonzalez incentiva la excelencia académica" (in Spanish). El Diario newspaper (La Paz, Bolivia). November 6, 2024. https://www.eldiario.net/portal/2024/11/06/premio-ing-walter-gonzalez-gonzalez-incentiva-la-excelencia-academica/. "nos enorgullecemos de hacer referencia a Eleanor Sillerico Mayta, gananadora del Premio el ano 2002, actualmente ella es la Gerente de Estructuras y Construccion de Tuneles de la empresa GZC de Nueva York y ahora lidera la construccion del colosal tunel Hudson River Tunnel Project con una inversion de 16 mil millones de dolares que conecta el estado de Nueva York con el Estado de Nueva Jersey"
- ↑ "Latinos en Metro: Para la ingeniera Eleanor Sillerico, cada tunel es un desafio fascinante" (in Spanish). Hispanic LA newspaper. October 23, 2024. https://hispanicla.com/latinos-en-metro-para-la-ingeniera-eleanor-sillerico-cada-tunel-es-un-desafio-fascinante-102909.
- ↑ "Premio Ing. Walter Gonzalez incentiva la excelencia académica" (in Spanish). El Diario newspaper (La Paz, Bolivia). November 6, 2024. https://www.eldiario.net/portal/2024/11/06/premio-ing-walter-gonzalez-gonzalez-incentiva-la-excelencia-academica/.
- ↑ "Eleanor Sillerico Mayta". https://influentialwomen.com/connect/eleanor-sillerico.
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