Form: 3

Initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities

July 22, 1997

3: Initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities

Published on July 22, 1997






U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 3

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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section
30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940



1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Last, First, Middle: Takayama, Shigeo

Street: 1-1-13 Shinjuku (Hakuto Co., Ltd.)


City, State, Zip: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160 Japan
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year): June 3, 1997

3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol: EMCORE Corporation (EMKR)


5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

( x ) Director ( ) 10% Owner
( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)

6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)


7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

( x ) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person


* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).





Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: Direct
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 5)


(1) Common Stock 367,368 I





Table I -- Continued

1. Title of Security 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 5)


(1) Common Stock As shareholder of Hakuto Co., Ltd.






Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.





Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exercisable 3. Title and Amount of Securities
Security and Expiration Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4) Date (Instr. 4)
(Month/Day/Year)
Date Expiration Amount or Number
Exercisable Date Title of Shares



(1)





Table II -- Continued

1. Title of Derivative 4. Conversion 5. Ownership Form 6. Nature of Indirect
Security or Exercise of Derivative Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) Price of Security: (Instr. 5)
Derivative Direct (D)
Security or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)


(1)



Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Shigeo Takayama
**Signature of Reporting Person
Name: Shigeo Takayama

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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