Emily Mah

Title: Conceptual Artist, Advanced Concepts Lab (ACL)
Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate (SACD)

Technical Focus Area: 3D Generalist

Study Topics/Expertise: Scripting, Concepting, Illustration

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Emily is a Multimedia Specialist in the Advanced Concepts Lab (ACL) at NASA’s Langley Research Center. She graduated from Drexel University with a Bachelors in Animation & Visual Effects and a minor in Computer Science. As an artist contractor (Analytical Mechanics Associates – AMA) specializing in 3D and illustration, she creates engineering visualizations that support the System Analysis and Concepts Directorate (SACD) and the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) projects.

Awards
NASA Silver Group Achievement Award – ACL (2025)

Education/Professional Experience

• B.S. in Animation & Visual Effects – Drexel University (2023)
• Multimedia Specialist, Analytical Mechanics Associates (2024 – Present)
• Assistant Project Manager & Animator, Blue Sky eLearn (2022 – 2024)
• 3D Artist Intern, Adobe (2022)
• Animator & Compositor, Night Kitchen Interactive (2021)

Related Websites

Moon to Mars illustrations, a collaboration between ESDMD and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center