Exhibit 99.2



            STATEMENT REQUIRED BY 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED
           PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In  connection  with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of EMCORE  Corporation  (the
"Company")  for the fiscal  year ended  September  30,  2002,  as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Thomas
G. Werthan,  Chief  Financial  Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  Section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that: 1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934;  and 2) the  information
contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company.

                                                /s/ THOMAS G. WERTHAN
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                                                Thomas G. Werthan
                                                December 30, 2002


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