Ampere Ampere The ampere (; symbol: A), often shortened to "amp", is the base unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI). It is named after André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), French mathematician and physicist, considered the father of electrodynamics. The International System of Units defines the ampere in terms of other base units by measuring the electromagnetic force between electrical conductors carrying electric current. The earlier CGS measurement system had two different definitions of current, one essentially the same as the SI's and the other using electric charge as the base unit, with the unit of charge defined by
University of Campinas School of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Campinas School of Electrical and Computer Engineering The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (, FEEC) is one of the most well-renowned engineering schools in Brazil. It was created in 1967 on UNICAMP's main campus in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, as the Department of Electrical Engineering () of the School of Engineering (). It became an independent unit in 1986, renamed the School of Electrical Engineering (). Subsequently, in 1996, it was changed to its current name, adding computer engineering courses in partnership with the Institute of Computing. Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação (FEEC) - UNICAMP