Profile
Justin Kin Jun Hew is a computational physics and research software practitioner whose work spans
fluid dynamics, shock interactions, magnetohydrodynamics, turbulence, numerical methods, and ice-sheet modelling software.
Current affiliation
- ACCESS-NRI / Australia’s Climate Simulator — Research Software Engineer, Ice Sheet Modelling team
- Australian National University — host institution and continuing research affiliation
- ORCID — 0000-0002-5238-6115
Education
- Bachelor of Philosophy (Science), Australian National University
- Physics major with Honours in astrophysics
- Bok Honours Scholar at ANU’s Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Research domains
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Shock dynamics and shock reflection
- Magnetohydrodynamics and plasma turbulence
- Turbulent dynamos and magnetic helicity
- High-order numerical methods and summation-by-parts schemes
- Shallow-water equations
- Rarefied gas dynamics and direct simulation Monte Carlo
- Research software engineering for ice-sheet modelling
Research software and open-source work
Teaching and service
- Tutor, ANU Aerodynamics (ENGN3338), 2024
- Tutor, ANU Propulsion Systems (ENGN4338), 2024
- Student Representative and HDR volunteer, 24th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2024)
Frequent collaborators and themes
- Christoph Federrath — turbulence, shocks, and dynamos
- Neco Kriel — magnetic helicity and MHD scales
- James R. Beattie — compressible MHD turbulence
- Rod W. Boswell — rarefied gas dynamics and microflows
- Hideaki Ogawa — shock reflection and compressible flows
- Kenneth Duru, Stephen Roberts, Christopher Zoppou, and Kieran Ricardo — SBP and shallow-water methods
Current research interests
I am particularly interested in scientific computing projects that connect rigorous numerical
methods with practical simulation workflows, especially where open research software can accelerate
reproducible work in fluid, plasma, and climate-related modelling.