EXHIBIT 31.2

                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
            Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


         I, James Gunnell, certify that:

         (1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of EMPS
Research Corporation (the "Company");

         (2) Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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
quarterly report;

         (3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

         (4) The Company's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the Company and have:

                  (a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure
         that material information relating to the Company is made known to us
         by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
         which this quarterly report is being prepared;

                  (b) evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure
         controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing
         date of this quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

                  (c) presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about
         the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on
         our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

         (5) The Company's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation, to the Company's auditors and the audit committee
of the Company's board of directors (or persons fulfilling the equivalent
function):

                  (a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
         internal controls which could adversely affect the Company's ability to
         record, process, summarize and report financial data and have
         identified for the Company's auditors any material weaknesses in
         internal controls; and

                  (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
         management or other employees who have a significant role in the
         Company's internal controls; and

         (6) The Company's other certifying officer and I have indicated in this
quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal
controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls
subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.



Date: August 11, 2004                         By: /s/ James Gunnell
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                                                  James Gunnell,
                                                  Principal Financial Officer