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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  on January 4, 2023</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>
  
  <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: 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"><B>AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B></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>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 2%"></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>33-1229046</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
  incorporation or
      organization)</FONT></TD>
      <TD></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
  Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>9805 Northcross Center
      Court, Suite A</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><BR>
  Huntersville, NC</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>28078</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
      <TD></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2018 STOCK INCENTIVE
  PLAN</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the plan)</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: center"><B>Jeffrey B. Shealy</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Akoustis Technologies, Inc.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>9805 Northcross Center Court, Suite A</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Huntersville, NC 28078</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name and address 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: center"><B>(704) 997-5735</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Telephone number, including area 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: center">Copy to:</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: center"><B>Sean M. Jones</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Coleman Wombwell</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>K&amp;L Gates LLP</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>300 South Tryon Street, Suite 1000</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Charlotte, North Carolina 28202</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(704) 331-7400</B></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="text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 40%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Large
      accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; width: 40%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated
      filer &#9744;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated
      filer &#9746;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Smaller
      reporting company </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Emerging
  growth company</FONT> &#9744;</TD>
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  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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. &#9744;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></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">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
  6,000,000 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 10, 2022 (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 12,000,000, which
  includes 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock registered under the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-235665, filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on November 4, 2019 (the &ldquo;2019 Registration Statement&rdquo;) and 3,000,000
  shares of Common Stock previously registered under the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-228451, filed with the SEC on
  November 16, 2018 (together with the 2019 Registration Statement, the &ldquo;Prior Registration Statements&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 Statements 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-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; 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-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; 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-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"> <B>Item 3.</B> <B>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: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390022055194/f10k2022_akoustistech.htm">Form 10-K</A> for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on September 12,
  2022;</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390022071579/f10q0922_akoustis.htm">Form 10-Q</A> for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on November
  14, 2022;</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390022038370/ea162646-8k_akoustis.htm">July
                                                                      11, 2022</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390022071558/ea168513-8k_akoustistech.htm">November
                                                                      14, 2022</A>,  and</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">&#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. <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577417000981/s105520_8a.htm">001-38029</A>), including any further amendment or report filed hereafter for the purpose of updating
  such description.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&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>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Item 8. Exhibits.</B></P>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 10%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Exhibit</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <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>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <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>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&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 STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&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 STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&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 STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.5</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390022071558/ea168513ex3-1_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 10, 2022 (<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 14, 2022</I>)</FONT></A></TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.6</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390020010748/f10q0320ex3-5_akoustistech.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 1, 2020</I>)</FONT></A></TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.7</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&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 STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.8</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&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 STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.9</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&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 STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.10</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&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 STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.11</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&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">First 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>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.12</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390022071558/ea168513ex10-1_akoustistech.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Second Amendment to 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 14, 2022</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">5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="ea171144ex5-1_akoustis.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><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea171144ex23-1_akoustis.htm">Consent of Marcum LLP, filed herewith</A></FONT></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="ea171144ex5-1_akoustis.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>
    <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>107</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="ea171144ex-fee_akoustis.htm">Filing Fee Table</A></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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 January 4, 2023.</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">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</FONT></TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 60%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 36%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Jeffrey B. Shealy</FONT></TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jeffrey B. Shealy</FONT></TD>
      </TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
      </TR>
    </TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 9pt 0pt 3.25in; text-align: center; text-indent: -3.25in"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>POWER
  OF ATTORNEY</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 9pt 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 January 4, 2023:</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="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 40%">
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Signature</B></P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 10%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jeffrey B. Shealy</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/ Kenneth E. Boller</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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/ Arthur E. Geiss </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/ Jerry D. Neal</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/ Steven P. DenBaars</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/ Jeffrey K. McMahon</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">
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;/s/ Suzanne B. Rudy</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Director</P></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Suzanne B. Rudy</P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></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/ J. Michael McGuire</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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text: As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  on January 4, 2023
  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)
  Copy to:
  Sean M. Jones
  Coleman Wombwell
  K&L Gates LLP
  300 South Tryon Street, Suite 1000
  Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
  (704) 331-7400
  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 ☐
  Non-accelerated
      filer ☒
  Smaller
      reporting company
  ☒
  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. ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  This Registration Statement
  on Form S-8 is being filed by Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or "Registrant") to register an additional
  6,000,000 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 10, 2022 (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 12,000,000, which
  includes 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock registered under the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-235665, filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on November 4, 2019 (the "2019 Registration Statement") and 3,000,000
  shares of Common Stock previously registered under the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-228451, filed with the SEC on
  November 16, 2018 (together with the 2019 Registration Statement, the "Prior Registration Statements"), 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 Statements 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, 2022, filed with the SEC on September 12,
  2022;
  ●
  Quarterly Report on
  Form 10-Q
  for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on November
  14, 2022;
  ●
  Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
  July
                                                                      11, 2022
  , and
  November
                                                                      14, 2022
  ,  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
  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
  )
  4.5
  Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 10, 2022 (
  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 14, 2022
  )
  4.6
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (
  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 1, 2020
  )
  4.7
  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)
  4.8
  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)
  4.9
  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)
  4.10
  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)
  4.11
  First 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
  )
  4.12
  Second Amendment to 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (
  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 14, 2022
  )
  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 January 4, 2023.
  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 January 4, 2023:
  Signature
  Title
  /s/ Jeffrey B. Shealy
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Jeffrey B. Shealy
  (Principal Executive Officer), Director
  /s/ Kenneth E. Boller
  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
  /s/ J. Michael McGuire
  Director
  J. Michael McGuire
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