Exhibit
31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Reuben F. Richards, Jr.,
certify that:
| 1. |
I have reviewed
this annual report on Form 10-K of EMCORE Corporation; |
| 2. |
Based on my knowledge, this report
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light
of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. |
Based on my knowledge, the financial
statements, and other financial information included in this report,
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report; |
| 4. |
The registrant's other
certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have: |
| a) |
designed such disclosure controls and
procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| b) |
Evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in
this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and |
| c) |
Disclosed in this report any change in the
registrant's internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting; and |
| 5. |
The
registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee
of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions): |
| a) |
all significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely
to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and |
| b) |
any fraud, whether or not material, that
involves management or other employees who have a significant role in
the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: December 24, 2003
/s/
Reuben F. Richards, Jr.
Reuben F. Richards,
Jr.
President and CEO
