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 16(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 com1ection 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:	August 22, 2019

By:	/s/Jeffrey B. Shealy
Name:	Jeffrey B. Shealy