The GEMS Alumni Achievement Award is given by the EMS Alumni Society to recognize outstanding achievement by EMS alumni. All bachelor and graduate degree alumni of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences are eligible to receive this award. Special consideration is given to members of GEMS and to young alumni. Previous award winners are listed below.
| Year of Award | Recipient | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Vincent Hock | MatSE |
| 2015 | Saad Al-Kaabi | EME |
| 2014 | Jeffrey L. Ventura | EME |
| 2013 | Roland P. Sauermann | GEOSC |
| 2012 | Michael J. Orlando | EME |
| 2011 | John A. Coppola | MatSE |
| 2010 | Steven P. Evans | EME |
| 2009 | Stephen Corfidi | METEO |
| G. David Golder | EME | |
| James J. Tietjen | EME | |
| 2008 | Barbara J. Arnold | EME |
| John A. Kaniuk | MATSE | |
| 2007 | Jennifer A. Langer | GEOG |
| John G. W. Kelley | METEO | |
| Russell R. Dutcher | GEOSC | |
| 2006 | Ganesh C. Thakur | EGEE |
| Theresa A. Kotanchek | MATSE | |
| John A. Kelmelis | GEOG | |
| 2005 | Eric D. Koval | EGEE |
| Robert J. Kumpf | MATSE | |
| 2004 | Virginia S. T. Ciminelli | EGEE |
| John W. Hess | GEOSC | |
| Jon M. Nese | METEO | |
| 2003 | Leonard F. Konikow | GEOSC |
| Douglas Heller | GEOSC | |
| Shyam Singh | EGEE | |
| 2002 | Steven Benson | EGEE |
| 2001 | Thomas Casadevall | GEOSC |
| Mark A. Clemans | EGEE | |
| Gregory S. Forbes | METEO | |
| 2000 | John M. Stilley | ECEEM/EGEE |
| 1999 | Raul Benavides | EGEE |
| Robert Sax | METEO | |
| Linda Trocki | ECEEM | |
| 1998 | Shelley Corman | ECEEM |
| Robert Petcavich | MATSE | |
| James Stratton | GEOSC | |
| 1995 | Edward C. Dowling, Jr. | EGEE |
| David J. Michel | MATSE | |
| Joel Myers | METEO | |
| 1994 | Charles G. Carson III | MATSE |
| Alicia Reinmund | EGEE | |
| P. Stuart Tholan* | EGEE | |
| 1993 | Douglas Kruhoeffer | METEO |
| Marvin Mangus | GEOSC | |
| Joseph Warren | EGEE |