NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, NEW AWARD UNDER DE-FOA-0002784 (CREATE/TOPIC C AWARD) WITH THE PROJECT TITLE, ''HPVE GROWN CONDUCTIVE GAN SUBSTRATES FOR POWER ELECTRONICS" TO DEVELOP ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE THICK GAN SUBSTRATES TO USE FOR DEVELOPING VERTICAL GAN POWER ELECTRONICS AND (2) DEMONSTRATE THE POSSIBILITY OF LATERAL EXPANSION IN CRYSTALS GROWN BY THE PROPOSED METHOD TO VALIDATE ITS USE AS A PRACTICAL TECHNIQUE FOR PREPARING LARGER DIAMETER SUBSTRATES.