M. Pehlivan (2024), Invited Speaker, “Performance of Lifelines following February 6 Turkiye Earthquake Sequence”, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Annual Meeting, Seattle, April.

M. Pehlivan (2023), Invited Speaker, “Lessons Learned: 2023 Turkiye Earthquakes”, Jornadas de Ingenieria Civil, Guayaquil, Ecuador, October.

M. Pehlivan (2023), Invited Speaker, “Risk and Uncertainty: Two Sides of the Same Coin,” Jornadas de Ingenieria Civil, Guayaquil, Ecuador, October.

M. Pehlivan (2023), Invited Speaker, “Learning from February 6, 2023, Turkiye Earthquakes,” GEOWEEK, Congreso International de Ingenieria Geotecnica, 5th Edition, Peru, October.

M. Pehlivan (2023), Invited Speaker, “Lessons Learned: 2023 Turkiye Earthquakes”, American Society of Civil Engineers Portland Section, May.

M. Pehlivan (2022), Invited Speaker, “Risk and Uncertainty: Two Sides of the Same Coin,” University of Michigan Ann Arbor, October 28.

M. Pehlivan (2022), Invited Speaker, “Risk and Uncertainty: Two Sides of the Same Coin,” University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, October 21.

M. Pehlivan (2022), Invited Speaker, “Risk and Uncertainty: Two Sides of the Same Coin,” 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, May 5.

M. Pehlivan (2022), Invited Speaker, “Inclusion and Diversity – Why it is crucial?”, University of Washington, April 12.

M. Pehlivan (2022), Invited Speaker, “Next Generation of Dreamers to Change the World,” American Society of Civil Engineers Los Angeles Metropolitan Section, February 25.

M. Pehlivan (2022), Invited Speaker, “Bringing in Cultural Inclusion and Intelligence,” Jacobs Focus 2023 Workgroup, February 14.

M. Pehlivan (2022), Invited Speaker, “ASCE 7-22 Seismic Code Updates”, Jacobs Global Tunnel and Ground Engineering Quarterly Call, February 14. 

M. Pehlivan (2021), Invited Speaker, “Showcasing Jacobs’ Global Sustainable Impact,” United Nations Global Compact Young SDG Innovators Summit, September 21. 

M. Pehlivan (2021), Invited Speaker, “Giving Feedback Across Cultures,” Jacobs OneWorld Network Global Webinar, August.

M. Pehlivan (2021), Invited Speaker, “Developing Your Personal Brand,” Jacobs Graduate Development Conference, August. 

M. Pehlivan (2021), Invited Speaker, “Risk in Geo-Engineering,” Southwest Geotechnical Engineering Conference, June. 

M. Pehlivan (2021), Invited Speaker, “A Secret Weapon: Inclusion and Diversity in Engineering”, University of Washington, April. 

M. Pehlivan (2021), Invited Speaker, “How to Effectively Lead Multi-Cultural Teams,” Jacobs OneWorld Network Global Webinar, March.

 (2020), Invited Speaker, “ASCE 7-16/IBC 2018 Seismic Code Updates”, EERI WA Webinar, October.

M. Pehlivan (2020), Invited Speaker, “The Diversity Spectrum,” Groundbreaking Women in Construction, August.

M. Pehlivan (2020), Invited Speaker, “Is Istanbul Ready for the Next Earthquake,” Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul Webinar Series, August.

M. Pehlivan (2020), Invited Speaker, “Turning Disasters into Knowledge: Lessons Learned from Recent Earthquakes,” International Webinar Series on Research Trends in Structural and Earthquake Engineering, Indian Rajeev Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering and Technology, India, July.

M. Pehlivan (2020), Invited Speaker, “Building your Personal Brand,” Jacobs Careers Network Global Webinar, April.

M. Pehlivan (2020), Keynote Speaker, 2020 Girl Day, Los Angeles, CA, February. 

M. Pehlivan (2020), Keynote Speaker, Engineer Girls of Turkey Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, February. 

M. Pehlivan (2020), Keynote Speaker, 2020 Women in Leadership Symposium, American Water Works Association Pacific Northwest Section, Seattle, WA, February. 

M. Pehlivan (2019), Keynote Speaker, “Women in STEM: Be the Ally,” FIRST Like A Girl, NASA, Houston, TX, September. 

M. Pehlivan (2019), Invited Speaker, Women’s Equality Day, Hulu, Seattle, WA, August. 

M. Pehlivan (2019), Invited Speaker, “Attracting Next Generation to STEM Careers,” Summer STEM Academy Conference, Corning, NY, July

M. Pehlivan (2019), Invited Speaker, “Inclusion starts with I,” 2019 National Geotechnical Congress, Philadelphia, PA, March 

M. Pehlivan (2018), Invited Keynote Speaker, 2018 Engineers Without Border Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 

M. Pehlivan (2018), Invited Guest Speaker, 2018 Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finals, Redmond, WA, July 23.

M. Pehlivan (2018), Invited Speaker, Turning Disasters into Knowledge: Lessons Learned from Recent Earthquakes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 15.

M. Pehlivan (2018), Keynote Speaker, 2018 FIRST to Change the World, Bellevue, WA, June 1.

M. Pehlivan (2018), Keynote Speaker, 2018 FIRST to Change the World, Spokane, WA, May 30.

M. Pehlivan (2018), Invited Speaker, Lessons Learned from the 2017 Mexico City Earthquake, Oregon State University, February 1.

M. Pehlivan (2017), Keynote Speaker, 2017 sySTEMnow Conference, Milwaukee, WI, October 30.

M. Pehlivan (2017), Keynote Speaker, 2017 Hot Firm and A/E Industry Awards Conference, Seattle, WA, September 22.

M. Pehlivan (2017), “Seismic site response of shallow soil sites in moderate seismicity regions,” 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Seoul, Korea, September 20.

M. Pehlivan (2017), Invited Speaker, 2017 Infrastructure Planning and Management Master Program Graduation Luncheon, University of Washington, WA, June 9.

M. Pehlivan (2017), “Women in Engineering: Creating Role Models,” Invited Speaker, Women in Engineering Day, The Museum of Discovery and Science, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, June 2.

M. Pehlivan (2017), “30 by 30: Women in the Profession”, Invited Speaker, 87th APEGS Annual Meeting, Regina, SK, Canada, May 5.

M. Pehlivan (2017), “Attracting Construction’s Next Generation of Women,” Panelist, Groundbreaking Women in Construction Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 2.

M. Pehlivan (2017), “Attracting Next Generation of Female Engineers,” Women in Structural Engineering Seattle Chapter, Bellevue, WA, March 22. 

M. Pehlivan (2017), 2017 Proclamation Luncheon Keynote, District of Columbia Council of Engineering and Architectural Societies, Washington DC, February 22. 

M. Pehlivan (2017), Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day Briefing, Capitol Hill, Washington DC, February 15. 

M. Pehlivan (2017), “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering as a Profession,” University of Washington, CEE Seminar, Seattle, WA, February 7. 

M. Pehlivan (2016), “Learning from Earthquakes: April 25, 2015 Gorkha Earthquake Geotechnical Field Reconnaissance”, University of Washington Graduate Student Chapter, Seattle, WA, May 24. 

M. Pehlivan (2016), “Performance of Hydropower Infrastructure in Nepal after April 25, 2015 Gorkha Earthquake”, 2016 EERI Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 6. (Poster)

M. Pehlivan (2016), “Performance of Hydropower Infrastructure in Nepal after April 25, 2015, Gorkha Earthquake”, National Geotechnical and Structural Congress, Phoenix, AZ, February 16. 

M. Pehlivan, Y.M.A. Hashash, J. Harmon, E.M. Rathje, and J. P. Stewart (2015), “Influence of Shear Wave Velocity Reversals on One-Dimensional Site Response of Spatially Varied Shear Wave Velocity Profiles,” 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Christchurch, New Zealand, November. 

M. Pehlivan (2015), “Performance of Hydropower Infrastructure in Nepal after April 25, 2015 Gorkha Earthquake”, 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Christchurch, New Zealand, Nov. 

M. Pehlivan, S. Nikolaou, R. Gilsanz, D. Iliadelis, A. Mahvashmohammadi, S. Saadet, M. Moretti, A. Sextos, and P. Tsopelas (2015), “Learning from Earthquakes: Resilient Structures After the 2014 Cephalonia, Greece Earthquakes”, 2015 EERI Annual Meeting, Boston, U.S., March 30-April 3 (Poster)

M. Pehlivan, et al. (2014), “Seismic response of shallow sites in Eastern US: Implications to the state of practice,” 10th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Alaska, US, July. 

M. Pehlivan, E.M. Rathje, and R. B. Gilbert (2013), “Influence of Spatial Variability on Site Response Analysis,” International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering: From Case History to Practice, Istanbul, Turkey, June. 

M. Pehlivan, E.M. Rathje, and R. B. Gilbert (2012), “Influence of 1D and 2D Spatial Variability on Site Response Analysis”, 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, September. 

M. Pehlivan, E.M. Rathje, and R. B. Gilbert (2012), “Incorporating Site-Specific Site Response Analysis into PSHA,” 2nd International Conference on Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Taormina, Italy, May.