POWER OF ATTORNEY
(For Executing Form ID and Forms 3, 4 and 5)
      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Sean M. Jones and Coleman Wombwell, of K&L Gates LLP, and
Andrew Wright and Kenneth E. Boller, of Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (the
"Company"), signing individually, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents to:
      (1)	Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, Uniform Application for Access Codes to
File on EDGAR, including amendments thereto, and any other documents
necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required
by Section l 6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), or any rule or regulation thereunder;
      (2)	Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including
amendments thereto and joint filing agreements in connection therewith)
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules
thereunder in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director or
beneficial owner of more than 10% of a registered class of securities of
the Company;
      (3)	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to prepare and execute any
such Form 3, 4 or 5 (including amendments thereto and joint filing
agreements in connection therewith) and file such forms with the SEC and
any stock exchange, self-regulatory association or any similar authority;
and
      (4)	Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be
of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by the
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the attorney-in-fact's
discretion.
      The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, and their
substitutes, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming (nor is the Company assuming) any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.
      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the earliest to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, (b) revocation by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (c) as to any attorney-in-fact
individually, until such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by K&L
Gates LLP or the Company, as applicable.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of the date written below.
Date:	September 2, 2020

By:	/s/James Michael McGuire
Name:	J. Michael McGuire