EXHIBIT 31
                                 CERTIFICATIONS

I, Richard D. Kurtz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Director,  certify
that:

     1. I have  reviewed  this  annual  report  on Form  10-KSB  of  Advanced
Photonix, Inc.;

     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 small business
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

     4. The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer 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 small business issuer and we
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 small  business  issuer,
     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  small  business  issuer'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 small business  issuer's
     internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
     13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) that occurred during the registrant's  most recent
     fiscal  quarter (the small business  issuer's  fourth fiscal quarter in the
     case of an annual  report) that has materially  affected,  or is reasonably
     likely to materially  affect,  the small business issuer's internal control
     over financial reporting.

     5.  The  small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer  and I  have
disclosed,  based  on our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over
financial  reporting,  to the small  business  issuer's  auditors  and the audit
committee  of the  small  business  issuer'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 small business  issuer'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 small business  issuer's
     internal control over financial reporting.


Date:  June 24, 2004                 /s/ Richard D. Kurtz
                                         ------------------------
                                         Richard D. Kurtz
                                         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                           and Director

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I, Susan A. Schmidt, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, certify that:

     1. I have  reviewed  this  annual  report  on Form  10-KSB  of  Advanced
Photonix, Inc.;

     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 small business
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

     4.  The  small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer  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 small
business issuer and we 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 small  business  issuer,
     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  small  business  issuer'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 small business  issuer's
     internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
     13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) that occurred during the registrant's  most recent
     fiscal  quarter (the small business  issuer's  fourth fiscal quarter in the
     case of an annual  report) that has materially  affected,  or is reasonably
     likely to materially  affect,  the small business issuer's internal control
     over financial reporting.

     5.  The  small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer  and I  have
disclosed,  based  on our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over
financial  reporting,  to the small  business  issuer's  auditors  and the audit
committee  of the  small  business  issuer'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 small business  issuer'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 small business  issuer's
     internal control over financial reporting.


Date:  June 24, 2004                            /s/ Susan A. Schmidt
                                                -----------------------------
                                                Susan A. Schmidt
                                                Chief Financial Officer and
                                                  Secretary

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I, Paul D. Ludwig, President, certify that:

     1. I have  reviewed  this  annual  report  on Form  10-KSB  of  Advanced
Photonix, Inc.;

     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 small business
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

     4.  The  small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer  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 small
business issuer and we 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 small  business  issuer,
     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  small  business  issuer'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 small business  issuer's
     internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
     13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) that occurred during the registrant's  most recent
     fiscal  quarter (the small business  issuer's  fourth fiscal quarter in the
     case of an annual  report) that has materially  affected,  or is reasonably
     likely to materially  affect,  the small business issuer's internal control
     over financial reporting.

     5.  The  small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer  and I  have
disclosed,  based  on our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over
financial  reporting,  to the small  business  issuer's  auditors  and the audit
committee  of the  small  business  issuer'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 small business  issuer'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 small business  issuer's
     internal control over financial reporting.


Date:  June 24, 2004                            /s/ Paul D. Ludwig
                                                -----------------------------
                                                Paul D. Ludwig
                                                President