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  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2019</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
  ACT OF 1933 </B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>AKOUSTIS
  TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
  its charter)</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 49%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 49%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>33-1229046</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></P>
                                     <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">incorporation or organization)</FONT></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></P>
                                     <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Identification No.)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>9805 Northcross Center Court, Suite A</B></FONT></P>
                                                                       <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Huntersville, NC</B></FONT></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>28078</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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  TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2018 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(Full title of the plan)</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Jeffrey B. Shealy</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Akoustis Technologies, Inc.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>9805 Northcross Center Court, Suite A</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Huntersville, NC 28078</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(Name and address of agent for service)</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(704) 997-5735</B></P>
  
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  code, of agent for service)</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Indicate by check mark
  whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company
  or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller
  reporting company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&thorn;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&thorn;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company &#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any
  new or revised financial accounting standards pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Title of Securities to be Registered</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Amount</P>
                                                                                  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">to be Registered&nbsp;(1)</P></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Proposed
  Maximum Aggregate Offering Price&nbsp;(2)</P></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Amount of Registration Fee</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 52%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 0.125in; text-indent: -0.125in">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, to be issued under the Company&rsquo;s 2018 Stock Incentive Plan</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 4pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 4pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3,000,000 </FONT></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 4pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 4pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">8.02</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 4pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 4pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">24,060,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 4pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 4pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">3,123</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;),
  this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as is necessary to eliminate
  any dilutive effect of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.</TD></TR>
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  <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  <TD>(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
  457(h) of the Securities Act and based on the average of the high and low prices for the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock on December
  16, 2019, as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market.</TD></TR>
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  <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  <TD>(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Represents an increase to the authorized number of shares of Common Stock as to which equity compensation
  may be granted under the 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, approved by the Company&rsquo;s stockholders.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Registration Statement
  on Form S-8 is being filed by Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) to register an
  additional 3,000,000 shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;),
  for offer and sale under the Akoustis Technologies, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;), pursuant
  to an amendment to the Plan approved by the Company&rsquo;s stockholders on November 4, 2019 (the &ldquo;Plan Amendment&rdquo;).
  After taking into account the shares added by the Plan Amendment, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued
  under the Plan is 6,000,000, which includes 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock previously registered under the Registration Statement
  on Form S-8, File No. 333-228451, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on November 16, 2018
  (the &ldquo;Prior Registration Statement&rdquo;), plus any shares subject to any award granted under the Company&rsquo;s previous
  compensation plans that are forfeited, cancelled, terminated expire or lapse for any reason without the issuance of shares or pursuant
  to which such shares are reacquired by the Company.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In accordance with
  Instruction E of Form S-8, the content of the Prior Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference and made a part
  of this Registration Statement on Form S-8.</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents
  have been filed by the Company with the SEC and are incorporated herein by reference:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: center">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, filed with the SEC on September
  13, 2019;</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: center">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, filed with the SEC on November
  7, 2019;</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: center">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on October 29, 2019, November 6, 2019 and December
  16, 2019; and</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: center">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The description of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock contained in the Company&rsquo;s Registration
  Statement on Form 8-A, originally filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
  (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), on March 10, 2017 (File No. 001-38029), including any further amendment or report filed hereafter
  for the purpose of updating such description.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All reports and other
  documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof, and prior
  to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
  all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date
  of filing of such reports and documents. The Company is not incorporating by reference any reports or documents or portions thereof
  that are not considered to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; with the SEC.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained
  herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
  for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
  document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement
  so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0%"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>Item 8.</B></TD><TD><B>Exhibits.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 9%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Exhibit</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 90%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Number</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Description</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577416008953/s104963_ex3-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Articles of Conversion of the Company, as filed with the Nevada Secretary of State on December 15, 2016 <I>(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)</I></FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577416008953/s104963_ex3-2.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Conversion of the Company, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 15, 2016 <I>(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)</I></FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577416008953/s104963_ex3-3.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 15, 2016 <I>(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)</I></FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577416008953/s104963_ex3-4.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By-Laws of the Company <I>(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)</I></FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.5</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390019022220/f8k110419ex3-1_akoustistech.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 4, 2019 (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 6, 2019</I>)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.6</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577418009685/s112718_def14a.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Akoustis Technologies, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan <I>(incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Proxy Statement for the Company&rsquo;s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on September 18, 2018)</I></FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.7</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577418012951/s114090_ex4-10.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Akoustis Technologies, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on November 16, 2018)</I></FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.8</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577418012951/s114090_ex4-11.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Akoustis Technologies, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on November 16, 2018)</I></FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.9</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577418012951/s114090_ex4-12.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form of Nonqualified Option Award Agreement under the Akoustis Technologies, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on November 16, 2018)</I></FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.10</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390019018796/def14a0919_akoustistech.htm#T38"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amendment to 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (<I>incorporated by reference to Appendix B of the Company&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement for its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed September 24, 2019</I>)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="fs82019ex5-1_akoustistech.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of K&amp;L Gates LLP, filed herewith</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="fs82019ex23-1_akoustistech.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Marcum LLP, filed herewith</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="fs82019ex5-1_akoustistech.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of K&amp;L Gates LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 of this Registration Statement and filed herewith)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Huntersville, State of North Carolina, on December 20, 2019.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD></TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 36%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ <I>Jeffrey B. Shealy</I></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Jeffrey B. Shealy</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in; text-align: center; text-indent: -3.25in"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in; text-align: center; text-indent: -3.25in"><A NAME="a_001"></A><B>POWER
  OF ATTORNEY</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in; text-align: center; text-indent: -3.25in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Each person whose signature
  appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffrey B. Shealy and Kenneth E. Boller, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
  and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any
  and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form
  S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
  and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
  might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their
  or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed
  in counterparts.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated,
  in each case on December 20, 2019:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 10pt">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 49%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 49%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ <I>Jeffrey B. Shealy</I></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Jeffrey B. Shealy</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Principal Executive Officer), Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ <I>Kenneth E. Boller</I></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Interim Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Kenneth E. Boller</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ <I>Arthur E. Geiss</I></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Co-Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Arthur E. Geiss</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ <I>Jerry D. Neal</I></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Co-Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Jerry D. Neal</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ <I>Steven P. DenBaars</I></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Steven P. DenBaars</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ <I>Jeffrey K. McMahon</I></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Jeffrey K. McMahon</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ <I>Suzanne B. Rudy</I></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Suzanne B. Rudy</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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text: As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2019
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
  ACT OF 1933
  AKOUSTIS
  TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in
  its charter)
  Delaware
  33-1229046
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  9805 Northcross Center Court, Suite A
  Huntersville, NC
  28078
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
  AKOUSTIS
  TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2018 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
  (Full title of the plan)
  Jeffrey B. Shealy
  Chief Executive Officer
  Akoustis Technologies, Inc.
  9805 Northcross Center Court, Suite A
  Huntersville, NC 28078
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (704) 997-5735
  (Telephone number, including area
  code, of agent for service)
  Indicate by check mark
  whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company
  or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller
  reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer ☐
  Accelerated filer
  þ
  Non-accelerated filer ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  þ
  Emerging growth company ☐
  If an emerging growth
  company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any
  new or revised financial accounting standards pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of Securities to be Registered
  Amount
  to be Registered (1)
  Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)
  Proposed
  Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)
  Amount of Registration Fee
  Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, to be issued under the Company's 2018 Stock Incentive Plan
  3,000,000
  (3)
  $
  8.02
  $
  24,060,000
  $
  3,123
  (1)
  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
  this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as is necessary to eliminate
  any dilutive effect of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
  457(h) of the Securities Act and based on the average of the high and low prices for the Company's Common Stock on December
  16, 2019, as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
  (3)
  Represents an increase to the authorized number of shares of Common Stock as to which equity compensation
  may be granted under the 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, approved by the Company's stockholders.
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  This Registration Statement
  on Form S-8 is being filed by Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or "Registrant") to register an
  additional 3,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"),
  for offer and sale under the Akoustis Technologies, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), pursuant
  to an amendment to the Plan approved by the Company's stockholders on November 4, 2019 (the "Plan Amendment").
  After taking into account the shares added by the Plan Amendment, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued
  under the Plan is 6,000,000, which includes 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock previously registered under the Registration Statement
  on Form S-8, File No. 333-228451, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on November 16, 2018
  (the "Prior Registration Statement"), plus any shares subject to any award granted under the Company's previous
  compensation plans that are forfeited, cancelled, terminated expire or lapse for any reason without the issuance of shares or pursuant
  to which such shares are reacquired by the Company.
  In accordance with
  Instruction E of Form S-8, the content of the Prior Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference and made a part
  of this Registration Statement on Form S-8.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents
  have been filed by the Company with the SEC and are incorporated herein by reference:
  ●
  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, filed with the SEC on September
  13, 2019;
  ●
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, filed with the SEC on November
  7, 2019;
  ●
  Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on October 29, 2019, November 6, 2019 and December
  16, 2019; and
  ●
  The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration
  Statement on Form 8-A, originally filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
  (the "Exchange Act"), on March 10, 2017 (File No. 001-38029), including any further amendment or report filed hereafter
  for the purpose of updating such description.
  All reports and other
  documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof, and prior
  to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
  all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date
  of filing of such reports and documents. The Company is not incorporating by reference any reports or documents or portions thereof
  that are not considered to be "filed" with the SEC.
  Any statement contained
  herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
  for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
  document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement
  so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Articles of Conversion of the Company, as filed with the Nevada Secretary of State on December 15, 2016
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)
  4.2
  Certificate of Conversion of the Company, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 15, 2016
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)
  4.3
  Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 15, 2016
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)
  4.4
  By-Laws of the Company
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)
  4.5
  Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 4, 2019 (
  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 6, 2019
  )
  4.6
  Akoustis Technologies, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Proxy Statement for the Company's 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on September 18, 2018)
  4.7
  Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Akoustis Technologies, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (
  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on November 16, 2018)
  4.8
  Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Akoustis Technologies, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (
  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on November 16, 2018)
  4.9
  Form of Nonqualified Option Award Agreement under the Akoustis Technologies, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (
  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on November 16, 2018)
  4.10
  Amendment to 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (
  incorporated by reference to Appendix B of the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed September 24, 2019
  )
  5.1
  Opinion of K&L Gates LLP, filed herewith
  23.1
  Consent of Marcum LLP, filed herewith
  23.2
  Consent of K&L Gates LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 of this Registration Statement and filed herewith)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Huntersville, State of North Carolina, on December 20, 2019.
  AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  By:
  /s/
  Jeffrey B. Shealy
  Jeffrey B. Shealy
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER
  OF ATTORNEY
  Each person whose signature
  appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffrey B. Shealy and Kenneth E. Boller, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
  and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any
  and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form
  S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
  and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
  might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their
  or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed
  in counterparts.
  Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated,
  in each case on December 20, 2019:
  Signature
  Title
  /s/
  Jeffrey B. Shealy
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Jeffrey B. Shealy
  (Principal Executive Officer), Director
  /s/
  Kenneth E. Boller
  Interim Chief Financial Officer
  Kenneth E. Boller
  (Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)
  /s/
  Arthur E. Geiss
  Co-Chairman of the Board
  Arthur E. Geiss
  /s/
  Jerry D. Neal
  Co-Chairman of the Board
  Jerry D. Neal
  /s/
  Steven P. DenBaars
  Director
  Steven P. DenBaars
  /s/
  Jeffrey K. McMahon
  Director
  Jeffrey K. McMahon
  /s/
  Suzanne B. Rudy
  Director
  Suzanne B. Rudy
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