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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.2

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, Brian McDougall, certify that:

         1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Liquidmetal
              Technologies, Inc.;

         2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
              statement of a material fact or omit 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 officer(s) 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 auditor's 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

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         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: November 14, 2003                        /s/  Brian McDougall
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                                               Brian McDougall, Executive
                                               Vice President and Chief
                                               Operating and Financial Officer