Koji Kuramura Frederick Koji Kuramura , generally credited as " Koji Kuramura " but occasionally called " Fred " by close co - workers , such as his former boss at Foundation , Ron Thornton , was a CGI artist for Foundation Imaging and subsequently at EdenFX , after the former went out of business in 2002 . He worked on numerous episodes of , and , as well as the tenth feature film . Kuramura ' s work on " Deep Space Nine " entailed among others the launch bay , and animating the Fire Caves sequence in . For " Voyager " , his work included among others , constructing the warp nacelle interior for the crash sequence in , the severely damaged USS " Voyager " in , and the Unicomplex and the damaged Borg sphere in . ( ) For " Enterprise " , by then in the employ of Eden FX , noticeable contributions were the CGI models of the International Space Station featured in the opening titles of the series , the under construction and the , as well as his CGI build of the . Kuramura has counted his " Enterprise " builds of the Romulan Bird - of - Prey ( 22nd century ) and the abandoned prime - universe D4 - class among his personal favorites . His work earned Kuramura three Emmy Award nominations , one for the " Voyager " episode " Year of Hell , Part II " , and two for the " Enterprise " episodes ( which " did " win him a VES Award ) and . Besides the live - action " Star Trek " productions , Kuramura , despite his low profile , has been one of the most featured contributors to the " " calendars , much of which reproduced in its 2006 book derivative . He has , to date , only appeared once in a live " Star Trek " interview in the " The Next Generation ' s Legacy : 2007 " - special feature on the extra DVD disc of the " TNG Complete Series Boxset " . Outside the official " Star Trek " franchise framework , Kuramura collaborated as CGI Artist on the 2006 vignette " Center Seat " of James Cawley ' s fan - made internet series " Star Trek : New Voyages " , which he has followed up with his participation in " Prelude to Axanar " ( featuring a host of " Star Trek " alumni such as J . G . Hertzler , Tony Todd , Gary Graham and Kate Vernon ) , the 2014 introductory featurette to the fan movie " Star Trek : Axanar " , produced and co - written by , as well as featuring Alec Peters . Career outside " Star Trek " . Apart from " Star Trek " Koji Kuramura has worked as a special effects crew member on the short film " The Blair Witch Mountain Project " in 2002 , directed and produced by , as well as starring Ike Eisenmann . Another film as digital artists is the horror thriller " Dominion : Prequel to the Exorcist " in 2005 , being employed at Eden FX alongside former Foundation co - worker John Teska . Kuramura has also contributed to the Electronic Arts , Inc . video game " Command & Conquer : Tiberian Sun – Firestorm " ( 2000 ) . In 2006 , Kuramura was hired by NASA ' s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( JPL ) in order to create visualizations , for which his prior experiences on " Star Trek " were singularly well suited , of space exploration , or as Kuramura himself has put it , " " Our job is to bring some Hollywood pizazz , the wow factor , to everything we do " " . Former Foundation and " Star Trek " colleague Michael Stetson joined him at JPL . After a long absence , Kuramura returned to the motion picture industry , having recently worked as digital modeler on " Iron Sky " ( 2012 , along with former Foundation Imaging colleague Lee Stringer ) . " Star Trek " awards . Emmy Awards . As CG Model Artist / ( Lead ) CGI Artist , Koji Kuramura has received the following Emmy Award nominations in the category Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series :