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

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     Criminal Violations.  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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